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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sunita Sahu
Contact: 94****4940
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- LGD code
- 419902
- Pincode
- 767020
- Post office
- Loisingha
- Population
- 112
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 50
Census 2011 · in context
How Podhapali compares
By population, Podhapali ranks #179 of 186 villages in Loisinga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.4%
+10.0% vs mandal average
- Podhapali
- 71.4%
- Loisinga mandal
- 61.4%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−18 vs mandal average
- Podhapali
- 965
- Loisinga mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
3.3
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Podhapali
- 3.3
- Loisinga mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podhapali at a glance
Podhapali is a village of 112 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Loisinga block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 179th-largest of 186 villages in Loisinga block. Literacy is 71%, 10 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767020, served by Loisingha post office; the LGD village code is 419902. The sarpanch is Sunita Sahu, and the village votes in Bolangir assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo. The population is estimated at 132 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Podhapali
- 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)
- 13
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- BALANGIR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jharnipalli
- Total area (ha)
- 66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Podhapali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Podhapali
- LGD code
- 419902
- Pincode
- 767020
- Post office
- Loisingha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 112
- Population (projected 2026)
- 132
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- 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
- Sunita Sahu
- 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)
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- 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)