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Odisha: Three panchayat officials arrested for bungling Rs 16.76 lakh old-age pension fund in Baleshwar
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bedhapal is a village in Baliapal mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha. It has a population of 2,986 across 619 households with a literacy rate of 71.9%. The village is located at coordinates 20.868°N, 85.683°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TRUPTILEKHA JENA
Contact: 63****8980
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- LGD code
- 391958
- Pincode
- 756026
- Post office
- Baliapal
- Population
- 2,986
- Households
- 619
- Literacy rate
- 71.9%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,687
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 65 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 336 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dandimal · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Jiral · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bedhapal compares
By population, Bedhapal ranks #7 of 224 villages in Baliapal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.9%
+0.1% vs mandal average
- Bedhapal
- 71.9%
- Baliapal mandal
- 71.8%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
+25 vs mandal average
- Bedhapal
- 981
- Baliapal mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bedhapal
- 4.8
- Baliapal mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bedhapal at a glance
Bedhapal is a village of 2,986 people in 619 households (Census 2011) in Baliapal block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 7th-largest of 224 villages in Baliapal block. Literacy is 72%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 23 km from Dandimal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756026, served by Baliapal post office; the LGD village code is 391958. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Jiral, 1 km away. The sarpanch is TRUPTILEKHA JENA, and the village votes in Baramba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera. The population is estimated at 3,520 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bedhapal
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BALESHWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Asti
- Total area (ha)
- 195
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 63.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bedhapal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bedhapal
- LGD code
- 391958
- Pincode
- 756026
- Post office
- Baliapal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,986
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,520
- Households
- 619
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 71.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.86850°N, 85.68257°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baramba
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TRUPTILEKHA JENA
- Block / Mandal
- Baliapal
Getting there
How to reach Bedhapal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar65 kmcapital
- Kolkata336 km
- Hyderabad849 km
- Chennai1039 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDandimal23 km
- Bus stopBolua Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Jiral1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India1 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump13 km
- CollegeJiral College2 km
- Police stationPolice Station16 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bedhapal
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mahadev MandirTemple<1 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bedhapal
8 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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
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