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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMESH CHANDRA BEHERA
Contact: 95****5461
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- LGD code
- 404361
- Pincode
- 759130
- Post office
- Kosala
- Population
- 278
- Households
- 63
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 156
Census 2011 · in context
How Balichandrapur compares
By population, Balichandrapur ranks #97 of 151 villages in Chhendipada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.3%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Balichandrapur
- 67.3%
- Chhendipada mandal
- 65.7%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+31 vs mandal average
- Balichandrapur
- 986
- Chhendipada mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Balichandrapur
- 4.4
- Chhendipada mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balichandrapur at a glance
Balichandrapur is a village of 278 people in 63 households (Census 2011) in Chhendipada block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 97th-largest of 151 villages in Chhendipada block. Literacy is 67%, 2 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759130, served by Kosala post office; the LGD village code is 404361. The sarpanch is RAMESH CHANDRA BEHERA. The population is estimated at 328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nisa →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balichandrapur · this village | 278 | 67% | — |
| Nisa · Chhendipada | 1,593 | 68% | — |
| Kaliakata · Industrial | 1,439 | 53% | — |
| Malibrahmani · Industrial | 446 | 69% | — |
| Kaliakatajungle · Industrial | 0 | — | — |
| Panapur · Industrial | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balichandrapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nisa
- Total area (ha)
- 174
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 83.29
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balichandrapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balichandrapur
- LGD code
- 404361
- Pincode
- 759130
- Post office
- Kosala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 328
- Households
- 63
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chhendipada
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMESH CHANDRA BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Chhendipada
- Nearest PHC
- Manas Clinic (11.6 km)
- Nearest post office
- INDIA POST (8.5 km)
- Nearest bank
- UCO BANK (8.9 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sunakhani (14.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759130
- RaijharanIndustrial mandal3,151 pop
- KankareiChhendipada mandal1,799 pop
- NisaChhendipada mandal1,593 pop
- KaliakataIndustrial mandal1,439 pop
- Nandichhoda(Gopiballabhapur)Chhendipada mandal987 pop
- RamadihaIndustrial mandal765 pop
- SendhapalChhendipada mandal689 pop
- MalibrahmaniIndustrial mandal446 pop
- Gopinathpur JungleChhendipada mandal330 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)