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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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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
HIMANCHALA MEHER
Contact: 93****3079
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- LGD code
- 419999
- Pincode
- 767002
- Post office
- Rajendra College (Balangir)
- Population
- 532
- Households
- 138
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 267
Census 2011 · in context
How Phalsamal compares
By population, Phalsamal ranks #123 of 186 villages in Loisinga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Phalsamal
- 66.7%
- Loisinga mandal
- 61.4%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−27 vs mandal average
- Phalsamal
- 956
- Loisinga mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
3.9
Same as the mandal average
- Phalsamal
- 3.9
- Loisinga mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phalsamal at a glance
Phalsamal is a village of 532 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Loisinga block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 123rd-largest of 186 villages in Loisinga block. Literacy is 67%, 5 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767002, served by Rajendra College (Balangir) post office; the LGD village code is 419999. The sarpanch is HIMANCHALA MEHER, and the village votes in Bolangir assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo. The population is estimated at 627 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ratakhandi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phalsamal · this village | 532 | 67% | — |
| Taljuri · Balangir | 1,276 | 55% | — |
| Ratakhandi · Balangir | 738 | 55% | — |
| Bagdungri · Balangir | 528 | 53% | — |
| Dumerjharan · Balangir | 247 | 54% | — |
| Rabanguda · Balangir | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Phalsamal
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BALANGIR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 54
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ratakhandi
- Total area (ha)
- 304
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 78.71
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Phalsamal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Phalsamal
- LGD code
- 419999
- Pincode
- 767002
- Post office
- Rajendra College (Balangir)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 532
- Population (projected 2026)
- 627
- Households
- 138
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HIMANCHALA MEHER
- Block / Mandal
- Loisinga
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Bishwajit Das (9.8 km)
- Nearest post office
- Head Post Office (11.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (10.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Balangir Junction (10.9 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 767002
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Phalsamal
Other villages in Loisinga mandal
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)