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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tejang is a village in Barapali mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 745 across 189 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60.9% and is located at coordinates 21.121°N, 83.528°E under PIN code 768029.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LILI ROUT
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- LGD code
- 380472
- Pincode
- 768029
- Post office
- Barpali
- Population
- 745
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 438
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 256 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 524 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dungripali · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ramakrishna Poly Clinic · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tejang compares
By population, Tejang ranks #53 of 74 villages in Barapali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.9%
−6.4% vs mandal average
- Tejang
- 60.9%
- Barapali mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+24 vs mandal average
- Tejang
- 976
- Barapali mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
3.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Tejang
- 3.9
- Barapali mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tejang at a glance
Tejang is a village of 745 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Barapali block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 53rd-largest of 74 villages in Barapali block. Literacy is 61%, 6 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Bargarh district centre, 27 km from Tora, the nearest town, 7 km from Dungripali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768029, served by Barpali post office; the LGD village code is 380472. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ramakrishna Poly Clinic, 10 km away. The sarpanch is LILI ROUT, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 878 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tejang
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- 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
- BARPALI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Raksa
- Total area (ha)
- 267
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tejang
- LGD code
- 380472
- Pincode
- 768029
- Post office
- Barpali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 745
- Population (projected 2026)
- 878
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.12082°N, 83.52832°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
- LILI ROUT
- Block / Mandal
- Barapali
Getting there
How to reach Tejang
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar256 kmcapital
- Kolkata524 km
- Hyderabad673 km
- Chennai958 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDungripali7 km
- Hospital / PHCRamakrishna Poly Clinic10 km
- Police stationPolice Station59 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Tejang
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Leaning Temple of HumaTemple4.5 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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)