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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
SURYAKANTA MAJHI
Contact: 83****2371
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- LGD code
- 393940
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population
- 1,407
- Households
- 326
- Literacy rate
- 77.3%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 464
Census 2011 · in context
How Maharudrapur compares
By population, Maharudrapur ranks #57 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.3%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Maharudrapur
- 77.3%
- Soro mandal
- 73.4%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−55 vs mandal average
- Maharudrapur
- 886
- Soro mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Maharudrapur
- 4.3
- Soro mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maharudrapur at a glance
Maharudrapur is a village of 1,407 people in 326 households (Census 2011) in Soro block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 57th-largest of 343 villages in Soro block. Literacy is 77%, 4 points above the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756044, served by Gopalpur (Balasore) post office; the LGD village code is 393940. The sarpanch is SURYAKANTA MAJHI, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 1,659 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharudrapur · this village | 1,407 | 77% | — |
| Baripada · Soro | 2,055 | 62% | — |
| Karanjabindha · Soro | 1,162 | 61% | — |
| Ataspur · Soro | 930 | 59% | — |
| Kheranga · Soro | 796 | 64% | — |
| Balarampur · Soro | 713 | 66% | — |
| Jagannathpur · Soro | 684 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maharudrapur
- 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)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SORO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baripada
- Total area (ha)
- 434
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maharudrapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maharudrapur
- LGD code
- 393940
- Pincode
- 756044
- Post office
- Gopalpur (Balasore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,407
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,659
- Households
- 326
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 77.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SURYAKANTA MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Soro
Same pincode
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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)