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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NAYANI BEHERA
Contact: 99****0286
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- LGD code
- 404519
- Pincode
- 759127
- Post office
- Kishoreganj
- Population
- 177
- Households
- 48
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 113
Census 2011 · in context
How Rajanpal compares
By population, Rajanpal ranks #41 of 64 villages in Handapa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.6%
−9.0% vs mandal average
- Rajanpal
- 57.6%
- Handapa mandal
- 66.6%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
−33 vs mandal average
- Rajanpal
- 945
- Handapa mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Rajanpal
- 3.7
- Handapa mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajanpal at a glance
Rajanpal is a village of 177 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Handapa block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 41st-largest of 64 villages in Handapa block. Literacy is 58%, 9 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759127, served by Kishoreganj post office; the LGD village code is 404519. The sarpanch is NAYANI BEHERA, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 209 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kanteikulia →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajanpal · this village | 177 | 58% | — |
| Ichhapur · Kishorenagar | 1,316 | 77% | — |
| Anlabereni · Handapa | 606 | 73% | — |
| Hinjirida · Handapa | 390 | 71% | — |
| Kanteikolia · Handapa | 375 | 72% | — |
| Charakhaman · Handapa | 270 | 66% | — |
| Laxmipriyapur · Handapa | 228 | 65% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rajanpal
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kanteikolia
- Total area (ha)
- 367
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 14.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rajanpal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rajanpal
- LGD code
- 404519
- Pincode
- 759127
- Post office
- Kishoreganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 177
- Population (projected 2026)
- 209
- Households
- 48
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NAYANI BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Handapa
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759127
- TukudaChhendipada mandal3,991 pop
- KanjaraBanarpal mandal3,802 pop
- LuhamundaKishorenagar mandal2,810 pop
- OgiChhendipada mandal2,445 pop
- JerengdehurisahiChhendipada mandal2,358 pop
- NunukapasiKishorenagar mandal2,300 pop
- PapasaraHandapa mandal2,234 pop
- KatadaJarapada mandal1,967 pop
- BoindaKishorenagar mandal1,882 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Rajanpal
Other villages in Handapa mandal
View all 60+ →- Papasara
- Handapa
- Solanda
- Badahulla
- Urukula
- Lakichi
- Baisana
- Kataranga
- Ghanapur
- Budulimunda
- Gobindpur (Sana)
- Gatikrishnapur
- Kurumtap
- Anlabereni
- Ashrubahal
- Krushnapur
- Badabahal
- Gundurimunda
- Jamujhari
- Nagajharan
- Madhupur
- Bidising
- Kuajhari
- Ambamunda
- Saradhamunda
- Kandhal
- Hinjirida
- Kanteikolia
- Badibahal
- Arjunadarha
- Takaba
- Charakhaman
- Pratappur
- Parbatipur
- Mandaamba
- Deberapali
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)