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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
LS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LILI SAHOO
Contact: 97****2922
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- LGD code
- 404321
- Pincode
- 759149
- Population
- 3,696
- Households
- 859
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Sex ratio
- 991 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,783
Census 2011 · in context
How Para compares
By population, Para ranks #5 of 151 villages in Chhendipada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.9%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Para
- 56.9%
- Chhendipada mandal
- 65.7%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
991
+36 vs mandal average
- Para
- 991
- Chhendipada mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Para
- 4.3
- Chhendipada mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Para at a glance
Para is a village of 3,696 people in 859 households (Census 2011) in Chhendipada block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 151 villages in Chhendipada block. Literacy is 57%, 9 points below the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759149; the LGD village code is 404321. The sarpanch is LILI SAHOO. The population is estimated at 4,358 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Para
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Para
- Total area (ha)
- 427
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 101.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 12.47
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Para
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Para
- LGD code
- 404321
- Pincode
- 759149
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,696
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,358
- Households
- 859
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 991
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chhendipada
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LILI SAHOO
- 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)
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Other villages in Chhendipada mandal
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- Tukuda
- Balipata
- Patrapada
- Brahmanbil
- Sapoinali
- Similisahi
- Ogi
- Jerengdehurisahi
- Nuagan
- Kuskila
- Kanaloi
- Kukurpeta
- Machhakuta
- Similipal
- Santarabandha
- Jhintipal
- Podapada
- Chhendipadajungle
- Kankarei
- Mamuriasahi
- Ambapal
- Durgapur(Tangirisahi)
- Pipalbahal
- Nisa
- Bahalsahi
- Tentuloikodasahi
- Baramancha
- Handigoda
- Purunagarh
- Khamar
- Tangiri
- Patakumunda
- Deuria Jharan
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)