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Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Tusarkanti Mahapatra
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- LGD code
- 393828
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population
- 548
- Households
- 119
- Literacy rate
- 83.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 178
Census 2011 · in context
How Apitira compares
By population, Apitira ranks #162 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.8%
+10.4% vs mandal average
Apitira83.8%
Soro mandal73.4%
Baleshwar district69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+59 vs mandal average
Apitira1,000
Soro mandal941
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
Apitira4.6
Soro mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Apitira at a glance
Apitira is a village of 548 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Soro block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 162nd-largest of 343 villages in Soro block. Literacy is 84%, 10 points above the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756044, served by Gopalpur (Balasore) post office; the LGD village code is 393828. The sarpanch is Tusarkanti Mahapatra, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 646 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Apitira
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SORO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gopalpur
- Total area (ha)
- 140
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Apitira
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Key facts — Apitira
- LGD code
- 393828
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 548
- Population (projected 2026)
- 646
- Households
- 119
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 83.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Tusarkanti Mahapatra
- Block / Mandal
- Soro
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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