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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY KUMAR PARIDA
Contact: 98****5220
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- LGD code
- 409004
- Pincode
- 752113
- Post office
- Brahmakundi
- Population
- 824
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1118 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 275
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
Balunka की तुलना
By population, Balunka ranks #84 of 241 villages in Nimapada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.3%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Balunka
- 74.3%
- Nimapada mandal
- 76.5%
- Puri district
- 76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,118
+145 vs mandal average
- Balunka
- 1,118
- Nimapada mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Balunka
- 4.7
- Nimapada mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balunka एक नज़र में
Balunka ओडिशा के पुरी जिले के Nimapada ब्लॉक में 824 लोगों 175 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो Nimapada ब्लॉक के 241 गांवों में 84वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 74% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 77% से 2 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 1,118 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 752113 है, Brahmakundi डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 409004 है। सरपंच AJAY KUMAR PARIDA हैं, और गांव Bhanjanagar विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Pradyumna Kumar Nayak हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 971 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
ग्राम पंचायत: Chhanijanga →
आसपास के गांवों की तुलना
आमने-सामने तुलना →| गांव | जनसंख्या | साक्षरता | दूरी |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balunka · यह गांव | 824 | 74% | — |
| Ampora · Nimapada | 1,530 | 76% | — |
| Kanapur · Nimapada | 958 | 89% | — |
| Chhanijanga · Nimapada | 617 | 75% | — |
| Kantia · Nimapada | 548 | 71% | — |
| Keutasalada · Nimapada | 433 | 82% | — |
| Lankapada · Nimapada | 428 | 76% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balunka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NIMAPADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 47
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chhanijanga
- Total area (ha)
- 136
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 41.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balunka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य तथ्य — Balunka
- LGD code
- 409004
- Pincode
- 752113
- Post office
- Brahmakundi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 824
- Population (projected 2026)
- 971
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1118
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanjanagar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY KUMAR PARIDA
- Block / Mandal
- Nimapada
एक ही पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 752113
- TulasipurNimapada mandal1,662 pop
- AmporaNimapada mandal1,530 pop
- KalapanchanaNimapada mandal1,369 pop
- GadajhinkiriaNimapada mandal1,075 pop
- OdaguanNimapada mandal1,063 pop
- BrahmakundiNimapada mandal1,044 pop
- TentuliguanNimapada mandal1,025 pop
- OrapataNimapada mandal874 pop
- SudhabarimulNimapada mandal829 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balunka
Nimapada मंडल के अन्य गांव
View all 60+ →- Balanga
- Bishnupur
- Denuan
- Gadaitapokhari
- Terundia
- Hansapada
- Garhchandpur
- Haripur
- Bhiligram
- Sainsasasan
- Ratilo
- Badamachhapur
- Renchsasan
- Chhenua
- Agarkothabada
- Alanda
- Arisandha
- Renghalo
- Parbatipur
- Gadapadanpur
- Dighalo
- Tulasipur
- Chitikana
- Antuara
- Torihanbandha
- Badaninigan
- Ampora
- Dekhata
- Badasurubila
- Gopinathpur
- Ansalo
- Garhtorinha
- Kalapanchana
- Bijipur
- Chadheigan
- Bhatabandha
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)