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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
TAPAS PANIGRAHI
Contact: 90****9498
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- LGD code
- 392775
- Pincode
- 756056
- Post office
- Kuruda
- Population
- 1,126
- Households
- 229
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 432
Census 2011 · in context
How Kuruda compares
By population, Kuruda ranks #31 of 199 villages in Remuna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.1%
+5.3% vs mandal average
Kuruda67.1%
Remuna mandal61.8%
Baleshwar district69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+48 vs mandal average
Kuruda1,004
Remuna mandal956
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
Kuruda4.9
Remuna mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kuruda at a glance
Kuruda is a village of 1,126 people in 229 households (Census 2011) in Remuna block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 31st-largest of 199 villages in Remuna block. Literacy is 67%, 5 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756056, served by Kuruda post office; the LGD village code is 392775. The sarpanch is TAPAS PANIGRAHI, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 1,328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kuruda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuruda · this village | 1,126 | 67% | — |
| Meghadambru · Remuna | 1,588 | 79% | — |
| Banaparia · Baleshwar Sadar | 1,073 | 60% | — |
| Sribantapur · Baleshwar Sadar | 476 | 78% | — |
| Mahasaypatana · Baleshwar Sadar | 387 | 71% | — |
| Ambua · Remuna | 322 | 64% | — |
| Bilaparia · Baleshwar Sadar | 279 | 85% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kuruda
- 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
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- 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
- BALESHWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kuruda
- Total area (ha)
- 155
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.97
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kuruda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kuruda
- LGD code
- 392775
- Pincode
- 756056
- Post office
- Kuruda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,126
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,328
- Households
- 229
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TAPAS PANIGRAHI
- Block / Mandal
- Remuna
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756056
- KaranjiaRemuna mandal3,600 pop
- SasangBaleshwar Sadar mandal3,196 pop
- ChhanpurRemuna mandal2,296 pop
- BiruhanRemuna mandal2,187 pop
- SaraswatipurRemuna mandal2,093 pop
- KhannagarBaleshwar Sadar mandal2,087 pop
- MeghadambruRemuna mandal1,588 pop
- BangaraBaleshwar Sadar mandal1,172 pop
- Panchuria(Pachhudia)Baleshwar Sadar mandal1,097 pop
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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)