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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
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUSHANTA PRADHAN
Contact: 63****2984
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- LGD code
- 391546
- Pincode
- 756034
- Post office
- Nampo
- Population
- 381
- Households
- 81
- Literacy rate
- 86.9%
- Sex ratio
- 797 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 114
Census 2011 · in context
How Baghapunji compares
By population, Baghapunji ranks #99 of 200 villages in Jaleswar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
86.9%
+19.1% vs mandal average
- Baghapunji
- 86.9%
- Jaleswar mandal
- 67.8%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
797
−146 vs mandal average
- Baghapunji
- 797
- Jaleswar mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Baghapunji
- 4.7
- Jaleswar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghapunji at a glance
Baghapunji is a village of 381 people in 81 households (Census 2011) in Jaleswar block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 99th-largest of 200 villages in Jaleswar block. Literacy is 87%, 19 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 797 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756034, served by Nampo post office; the LGD village code is 391546. The sarpanch is SUSHANTA PRADHAN, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 449 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baghapunji
- 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)
- 14
- 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
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JALESWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nampo
- Total area (ha)
- 64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40.43
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baghapunji
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baghapunji
- LGD code
- 391546
- Pincode
- 756034
- Post office
- Nampo
- Population (Census 2011)
- 381
- Population (projected 2026)
- 449
- Households
- 81
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 797
- Literacy rate
- 86.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUSHANTA PRADHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Jaleswar
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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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)