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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
RAMA CHHATRIA
Contact: 70****7418
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- LGD code
- 421168
- Pincode
- 767032
- Post office
- Saintala
- Population
- 1,289
- Households
- 315
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1033 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 733
Census 2011 · in context
How Kusmal compares
By population, Kusmal ranks #24 of 189 villages in Saintala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.9%
−8.4% vs mandal average
- Kusmal
- 45.9%
- Saintala mandal
- 54.3%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,033
+41 vs mandal average
- Kusmal
- 1,033
- Saintala mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kusmal
- 4.1
- Saintala mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kusmal at a glance
Kusmal is a village of 1,289 people in 315 households (Census 2011) in Saintala block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 24th-largest of 189 villages in Saintala block. Literacy is 46%, 8 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767032, served by Saintala post office; the LGD village code is 421168. The sarpanch is RAMA CHHATRIA, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 1,520 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ampali →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusmal · this village | 1,289 | 46% | — |
| Ghantamal · Saintala | 1,269 | 50% | — |
| Ambapali · Saintala | 1,002 | 48% | — |
| Bheruanbhata · Saintala | 568 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kusmal
- 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)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TITLAGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 44
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ampali
- Total area (ha)
- 443
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kusmal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kusmal
- LGD code
- 421168
- Pincode
- 767032
- Post office
- Saintala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,289
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,520
- Households
- 315
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1033
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMA CHHATRIA
- Block / Mandal
- Saintala
Same pincode
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kusmal
Other villages in Saintala mandal
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- Ghunsar
- Siskela
- Tikrapara
- Phapsi
- Belgaon
- Chhanchhada
- Kuikeda
- Kansar
- Kuanrgaon
- Dharapgarh
- Kumbhari
- Gandapatrapali
- Kandhkelgaon
- Chalki
- Kangarlaga
- Khasbahal
- Remenda
- Godighat
- Kurlubahal
- Dabjor
- Ghusuramunda
- Kusamkhal
- Karamtula
- Dukerchanchara
- Ghantamal
- Samara
- Brahmani
- Kenduudar
- Kandhulba
- Bandupala
- Deogaon
- Deng
- Burda
- Tustapali
- Bibina
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)