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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PREMALATA SAHU
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- LGD code
- 380619
- Pincode
- 768040
- Post office
- Tora
- Population
- 1,208
- Households
- 321
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1027 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 535
Census 2011 · in context
How Turunga compares
By population, Turunga ranks #16 of 22 villages in Bargarh Sadar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.7%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Turunga
- 71.7%
- Bargarh Sadar mandal
- 66.8%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,027
+77 vs mandal average
- Turunga
- 1,027
- Bargarh Sadar mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Turunga
- 3.8
- Bargarh Sadar mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turunga at a glance
Turunga is a village of 1,208 people in 321 households (Census 2011) in Bargarh Sadar block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 16th-largest of 22 villages in Bargarh Sadar block. Literacy is 72%, 5 points above the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,027 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768040, served by Tora post office; the LGD village code is 380619. The sarpanch is PREMALATA SAHU, and the village votes in Rairakhol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanna Acharya. The population is estimated at 1,424 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Turunga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Deogaon
- Total area (ha)
- 372
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 87.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 10.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Turunga
- LGD code
- 380619
- Pincode
- 768040
- Post office
- Tora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,208
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,424
- Households
- 321
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1027
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rairakhol
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prasanna Acharya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PREMALATA SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Bargarh Sadar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 768040
- ToraBargarh mandal18,399 pop
- KhandhatBargarh Sadar mandal5,924 pop
- SarsaraBargarh Sadar mandal5,668 pop
- BarahagudaBargarh mandal4,748 pop
- AdgaonBargarh Sadar mandal4,479 pop
- KhuntpaliBargarh Sadar mandal4,423 pop
- KalapaniBargarh mandal4,364 pop
- DhangerBargarh Sadar mandal4,173 pop
- GaisamaBargarh mandal3,773 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Turunga
Other villages in Bargarh Sadar mandal
View all 21 →Sources & freshness
- 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)