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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MADHUMATI MAJHI
Contact: 78****9292
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- LGD code
- 420904
- Pincode
- 767026
- Post office
- Belpara
- Population
- 1,106
- Households
- 277
- Literacy rate
- 32.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1087 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 593
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghagara compares
By population, Ghagara ranks #39 of 111 villages in Belpara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.5%
−15.8% vs mandal average
- Ghagara
- 32.5%
- Belpara mandal
- 48.3%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,087
+87 vs mandal average
- Ghagara
- 1,087
- Belpara mandal
- 1,000
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ghagara
- 4.0
- Belpara mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghagara at a glance
Ghagara is a village of 1,106 people in 277 households (Census 2011) in Belpara block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 39th-largest of 111 villages in Belpara block. Literacy is 33%, 16 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,087 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767026, served by Belpara post office; the LGD village code is 420904. The sarpanch is MADHUMATI MAJHI, and the village votes in Boudh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Saroj Kumar Pradhan. The population is estimated at 1,304 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ghagurli →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghagara · this village | 1,106 | 33% | — |
| Ghagrul · Belpara | 2,282 | 53% | — |
| Dumermunda · Belpara | 653 | 35% | — |
| Pandkimal · Belpara | 548 | 33% | — |
| Jamjuri · Belpara | 545 | 38% | — |
| Dumerbahal · Belpara | 489 | 46% | — |
| Kadali · Belpara | 489 | 49% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghagara
- 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)
- 12
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KANTABANJI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 71
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ghagurli
- Total area (ha)
- 531
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 72.56
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghagara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghagara
- LGD code
- 420904
- Pincode
- 767026
- Post office
- Belpara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,106
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,304
- Households
- 277
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1087
- Literacy rate
- 32.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boudh
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Saroj Kumar Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MADHUMATI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Belpara
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View all 60+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)