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Odisha: Three panchayat officials arrested for bungling Rs 16.76 lakh old-age pension fund in Baleshwar
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khantapada is a village in Soro mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha, with a population of 1,188 across 271 households and a literacy rate of 69.5%. The village has access to two hospitals and a railway station.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JASHOMATI MOHALIK
Contact: 73****8671
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- LGD code
- 393880
- Pincode
- 756043
- Post office
- Khantapada
- Population
- 1,188
- Households
- 271
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 469
- Distance to district centre
- 145 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 177 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 160 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 206 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khantapara · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sai Jyoti Eye Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khantapada compares
By population, Khantapada ranks #71 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Khantapada
- 69.5%
- Soro mandal
- 73.4%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+49 vs mandal average
- Khantapada
- 990
- Soro mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khantapada
- 4.4
- Soro mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khantapada at a glance
Khantapada is a village of 1,188 people in 271 households (Census 2011) in Soro block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 71st-largest of 343 villages in Soro block. Literacy is 70%, 4 points below the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 145 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 1 km from Khantapara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756043, served by Khantapada post office; the LGD village code is 393880. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sai Jyoti Eye Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is JASHOMATI MOHALIK, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 1,401 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khantapada
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALESHWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Khantapada
- Total area (ha)
- 118
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 75.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khantapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khantapada
- LGD code
- 393880
- Pincode
- 756043
- Post office
- Khantapada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,188
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,401
- Households
- 271
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Coordinates
- 21.38727°N, 86.82315°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JASHOMATI MOHALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Soro
- Nearest railway station
- Khantapara (1.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khantapada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar160 kmcapital
- Kolkata206 km
- Hyderabad981 km
- Chennai1156 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhantapara1 km
- Bus stopSergarh6 km
- Hospital / PHCSai Jyoti Eye Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank16 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump16 km
- CollegeRadho College29 km
- Police stationTown Police Station Balasore17 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Khantapara1.0 km
- Health centre
- Sai Jyoti Eye Hospital2.9 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
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