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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dekulba is a village in Bheden mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 3,794 in 972 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.9% and is located at coordinates 21.260°N, 83.730°E with PIN code 768103.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSHINI DASH
Contact: 95****8539
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- LGD code
- 380494
- Pincode
- 768103
- Post office
- Remunda
- Population
- 3,794
- Households
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,927
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 243 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 500 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bargarh Road · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Janata Chikitsalaya · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dekulba compares
By population, Dekulba ranks #3 of 98 villages in Bheden mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
−4.3% vs mandal average
- Dekulba
- 64.9%
- Bheden mandal
- 69.2%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
−15 vs mandal average
- Dekulba
- 943
- Bheden mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dekulba
- 3.9
- Bheden mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dekulba at a glance
Dekulba is a village of 3,794 people in 972 households (Census 2011) in Bheden block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 3rd-largest of 98 villages in Bheden block. Literacy is 65%, 4 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Bargarh district centre, 10 km from Tora, the nearest town, 12 km from Bargarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768103, served by Remunda post office; the LGD village code is 380494. The nearest hospital or health centre is Janata Chikitsalaya, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SANTOSHINI DASH, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 4,473 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dekulba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Talmenda
- Total area (ha)
- 1,244
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Dekulba
- LGD code
- 380494
- Pincode
- 768103
- Post office
- Remunda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,794
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,473
- Households
- 972
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.26038°N, 83.73020°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSHINI DASH
- Block / Mandal
- Bheden
Getting there
How to reach Dekulba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar243 kmcapital
- Kolkata500 km
- Hyderabad699 km
- Chennai981 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBargarh Road12 km
- Hospital / PHCJanata Chikitsalaya6 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM30 km
- Petrol pumpHP34 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground35 km
- Police stationPolice Station34 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)