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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
TIKIRANI SETHI
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- LGD code
- 393512
- Pincode
- 756059
- Post office
- Kupari
- Population
- 674
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 71.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1061 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 199
- Distance to district centre
- 211 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 283 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 229 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 139 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakshannath Road · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- G.K.Bhattar Government Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarata compares
By population, Sarata ranks #73 of 310 villages in Khaira mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.8%
−0.2% vs mandal average
Sarata71.8%
Khaira mandal72.0%
Baleshwar district69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,061
+45 vs mandal average
Sarata1,061
Khaira mandal1,016
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.8 vs mandal average
Sarata5.1
Khaira mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarata at a glance
Sarata is a village of 674 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Khaira block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 73rd-largest of 310 villages in Khaira block. Literacy is 72%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,061 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 21 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 2 km from Lakshannath Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756059, served by Kupari post office; the LGD village code is 393512. The nearest hospital or health centre is G.K.Bhattar Government Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is TIKIRANI SETHI, and the village votes in Begunia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,350 in 2026, up 100% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarata
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SORO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gadpokhari
- Total area (ha)
- 88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.05
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarata
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarata
- LGD code
- 393512
- Pincode
- 756059
- Post office
- Kupari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 674
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,350
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1061
- Literacy rate
- 71.8%
- Coordinates
- 21.85175°N, 87.26539°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhubaneswar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begunia
- Member of Parliament
- Aparajita Sarangi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TIKIRANI SETHI
- Block / Mandal
- Khaira
Getting there
How to reach Sarata
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar229 kmcapital
- Kolkata139 km
- Hyderabad1045 km
- Chennai1225 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakshannath Road2 km
- Hospital / PHCG.K.Bhattar Government Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankegra, ssb college28 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science52 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station52 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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