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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
MP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANIKA PARIDA
Contact: 90****9510
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- LGD code
- 393819
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population
- 1,622
- Households
- 374
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 486
Census 2011 · in context
How Asimila compares
By population, Asimila ranks #48 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.8%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Asimila
- 74.8%
- Soro mandal
- 73.4%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+37 vs mandal average
- Asimila
- 978
- Soro mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Asimila
- 4.3
- Soro mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Asimila at a glance
Asimila is a village of 1,622 people in 374 households (Census 2011) in Soro block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 48th-largest of 343 villages in Soro block. Literacy is 75%, 1 points above the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756044, served by Gopalpur (Balasore) post office; the LGD village code is 393819. The sarpanch is MANIKA PARIDA, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 1,912 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dandaharipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asimila · this village | 1,622 | 75% | — |
| Gandasthapur · Soro | 1,409 | 78% | — |
| Aruha · Soro | 1,063 | 78% | — |
| Dandaharipur · Soro | 1,021 | 69% | — |
| Keshapur · Soro | 755 | 73% | — |
| Mugunipur · Soro | 670 | 72% | — |
| Pitalapada · Soro | 486 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Asimila
- 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
- 2
- 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)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dandaharipur
- Total area (ha)
- 277
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Asimila
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Asimila
- LGD code
- 393819
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,622
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,912
- Households
- 374
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANIKA PARIDA
- Block / Mandal
- Soro
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756044
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Asimila
Other villages in Soro mandal
View all 60+ →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)