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September 2026
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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
MANIKA PARIDA
Contact: 90****9510
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- LGD code
- 393812
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population
- 755
- Households
- 155
- Literacy rate
- 73%
- Sex ratio
- 902 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 245
- Distance to district centre
- 158 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 117 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 133 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 497 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narasimhapur · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, J. Dayanidhipur · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Keshapur compares
By population, Keshapur ranks #119 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.0%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Keshapur
- 73.0%
- Soro mandal
- 73.4%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
902
−39 vs mandal average
- Keshapur
- 902
- Soro mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Keshapur
- 4.9
- Soro mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Keshapur at a glance
Keshapur is a village of 755 people in 155 households (Census 2011) in Soro block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 119th-largest of 343 villages in Soro block. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. It lies 158 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 15 km from Narasimhapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756044, served by Gopalpur (Balasore) post office; the LGD village code is 393812. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, J. Dayanidhipur, 6 km away. The sarpanch is MANIKA PARIDA, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 890 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Keshapur
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SORO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dandaharipur
- Total area (ha)
- 137
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Keshapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Keshapur
- LGD code
- 393812
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 755
- Population (projected 2026)
- 890
- Households
- 155
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 902
- Literacy rate
- 73.0%
- Coordinates
- 19.49824°N, 84.88234°E
- 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
Getting there
How to reach Keshapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar133 kmcapital
- Kolkata497 km
- Hyderabad714 km
- Chennai867 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarasimhapur15 km
- Bus stopRanajhali bus stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, J. Dayanidhipur6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India2 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeSMIT, Ankushpur19 km
- Police stationPurushottampur Police Station2 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Keshapur
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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
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