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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAYANTI SAHU
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- LGD code
- 404122
- Pincode
- 759128
- Post office
- Banarpal
- Population
- 602
- Households
- 148
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Sex ratio
- 841 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 183
Census 2011 · in context
How Pingua compares
By population, Pingua ranks #44 of 108 villages in Banarpal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.4%
+9.5% vs mandal average
- Pingua
- 79.4%
- Banarpal mandal
- 69.9%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
841
−100 vs mandal average
- Pingua
- 841
- Banarpal mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Pingua
- 4.1
- Banarpal mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pingua at a glance
Pingua is a village of 602 people in 148 households (Census 2011) in Banarpal block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 44th-largest of 108 villages in Banarpal block. Literacy is 79%, 10 points above the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 841 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759128, served by Banarpal post office; the LGD village code is 404122. The sarpanch is JAYANTI SAHU. The population is estimated at 710 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Balaramprasad →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pingua · this village | 602 | 79% | — |
| Balaramprasad(Part) · Nalco | 8,423 | 69% | — |
| Balaramprasadpatna(Part) · Banarpal | 548 | 70% | — |
| Laxmanpur(Part) · Banarpal | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pingua
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balaram Prasad
- Total area (ha)
- 87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.03
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pingua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pingua
- LGD code
- 404122
- Pincode
- 759128
- Post office
- Banarpal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 602
- Population (projected 2026)
- 710
- Households
- 148
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 841
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Polasara
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAYANTI SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Banarpal
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759128
- Balaramprasad(Part)Nalco mandal8,423 pop
- KangulaAnugul mandal7,528 pop
- TalamulasasanBanarpal mandal4,749 pop
- MahidharpurBanarpal mandal4,188 pop
- GadasantriBanarpal mandal3,877 pop
- TulasipalBanarpal mandal3,060 pop
- BondaBanarpal mandal2,694 pop
- SantarapurBanarpal mandal2,230 pop
- FulapadaBanarpal mandal2,103 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)