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Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Durgarani Jena
Contact: 99****3748
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- LGD code
- 392328
- Pincode
- 756029
- Post office
- Basta
- Population
- 1,571
- Households
- 367
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 551
Census 2011 · in context
How Velora compares
By population, Velora ranks #23 of 353 villages in Basta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Velora67.0%
Basta mandal68.7%
Baleshwar district69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+31 vs mandal average
Velora976
Basta mandal945
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
Velora4.3
Basta mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Velora at a glance
Velora is a village of 1,571 people in 367 households (Census 2011) in Basta block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 353 villages in Basta block. Literacy is 67%, 2 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756029, served by Basta post office; the LGD village code is 392328. The sarpanch is Durgarani Jena, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 1,852 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Velora →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velora · this village | 1,571 | 67% | — |
| Gangadharpur · Basta | 812 | 57% | — |
| Chandipur · Basta | 725 | 40% | — |
| Baitpara · Basta | 576 | 63% | — |
| Anandapur · Basta | 353 | 52% | — |
| Baniamari · Basta | 347 | 78% | — |
| Binjpur(Binjhapura) · Basta | 314 | 49% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Velora
- 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)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- JALESWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Santoshpur
- Total area (ha)
- 227
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 133.94
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Velora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Velora
- LGD code
- 392328
- Pincode
- 756029
- Post office
- Basta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,571
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,852
- Households
- 367
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Durgarani Jena
- Block / Mandal
- Basta
Same pincode
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- Baya
- Badadhanadi
- Solapata
- Anko
- Koilisahi
- Bidyadharpur-1
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- Basuchakurai
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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)