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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
Budei is a village in Soro mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha, with a population of 332 across 75 households. The village has a literacy rate of 75% and is located at coordinates 20.378°N, 85.530°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Malati Lata Jena
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- LGD code
- 393759
- Pincode
- 756047
- Post office
- Turigaria
- Population
- 332
- Households
- 75
- Literacy rate
- 75%
- Sex ratio
- 814 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 192
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 32 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 381 km
- Nearest railway station
- Begunia · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH, Banki · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Budei compares
By population, Budei ranks #228 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.0%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Budei
- 75.0%
- Soro mandal
- 73.4%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
814
−127 vs mandal average
- Budei
- 814
- Soro mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Budei
- 4.4
- Soro mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Budei at a glance
Budei is a village of 332 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Soro block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 228th-largest of 343 villages in Soro block. Literacy is 75%, 2 points above the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 814 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 24 km from Begunia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756047, served by Turigaria post office; the LGD village code is 393759. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH, Banki, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Malati Lata Jena , and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 391 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Budei
- 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)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SORO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Madhusudanpur
- Total area (ha)
- 80
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Budei
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Budei
- LGD code
- 393759
- Pincode
- 756047
- Post office
- Turigaria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 332
- Population (projected 2026)
- 391
- Households
- 75
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 814
- Literacy rate
- 75.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.37846°N, 85.53037°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Malati Lata Jena
- Block / Mandal
- Soro
Getting there
How to reach Budei
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar32 kmcapital
- Kolkata381 km
- Hyderabad812 km
- Chennai986 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBegunia24 km
- Bus stopNew Bus Stand Athagarh18 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH, Banki<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum26 km
- CollegeWomens' College, Athagarh19 km
- Police stationAthagarh Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Budei
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mahimamani TempleTemple3.1 km ↗
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- 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)