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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Burkel is a village in Barapali mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 590 across 153 households. The village has a literacy rate of 66.4% and is located at coordinates 21.206°N, 83.669°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PREMRAJ TANDI
Contact: 93****1348
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- LGD code
- 380446
- Pincode
- 768029
- Post office
- Barpali
- Population
- 590
- Households
- 153
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 326
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 246 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 508 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Kumbhari · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Burkel compares
By population, Burkel ranks #64 of 74 villages in Barapali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Burkel
- 66.4%
- Barapali mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
+55 vs mandal average
- Burkel
- 1,007
- Barapali mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
3.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Burkel
- 3.9
- Barapali mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Burkel at a glance
Burkel is a village of 590 people in 153 households (Census 2011) in Barapali block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 64th-largest of 74 villages in Barapali block. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Bargarh district centre, 13 km from Tora, the nearest town, 8 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768029, served by Barpali post office; the LGD village code is 380446. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kumbhari, 3 km away. The sarpanch is PREMRAJ TANDI, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 696 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Burkel
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- 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
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Patakulunda
- Total area (ha)
- 257
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 91.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 24.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Burkel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Burkel
- LGD code
- 380446
- Pincode
- 768029
- Post office
- Barpali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 590
- Population (projected 2026)
- 696
- Households
- 153
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.20616°N, 83.66930°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonepur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Niranjan Pujari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PREMRAJ TANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Barapali
Getting there
How to reach Burkel
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar246 kmcapital
- Kolkata508 km
- Hyderabad690 km
- Chennai973 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Kumbhari3 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM39 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground43 km
- Police stationPolice Station43 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)