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Panchayat samiti member shot dead in Odisha's Bargarh
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pudapali is a village in Bheden mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 636 across 157 households. The literacy rate is 61%, and the village is situated at coordinates 21.152°N, 83.760°E, PIN 768104.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MIRA MAHAKUR
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- LGD code
- 380576
- Pincode
- 768104
- Post office
- Bheden
- Population
- 636
- Households
- 157
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 355
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 235 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Ayurvedic Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pudapali compares
By population, Pudapali ranks #70 of 98 villages in Bheden mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
−8.2% vs mandal average
- Pudapali
- 61.0%
- Bheden mandal
- 69.2%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+11 vs mandal average
- Pudapali
- 969
- Bheden mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Pudapali
- 4.1
- Bheden mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pudapali at a glance
Pudapali is a village of 636 people in 157 households (Census 2011) in Bheden block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 70th-largest of 98 villages in Bheden block. Literacy is 61%, 8 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Bargarh district centre, 21 km from Tora, the nearest town, 17 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768104, served by Bheden post office; the LGD village code is 380576. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurvedic Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is MIRA MAHAKUR, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 750 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pudapali
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Luhakhandi
- Total area (ha)
- 165
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 74.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pudapali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pudapali
- LGD code
- 380576
- Pincode
- 768104
- Post office
- Bheden
- Population (Census 2011)
- 636
- Population (projected 2026)
- 750
- Households
- 157
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.15182°N, 83.75969°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
- MIRA MAHAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Bheden
Getting there
How to reach Pudapali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar235 kmcapital
- Kolkata501 km
- Hyderabad694 km
- Chennai971 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Ayurvedic Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India37 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground42 km
- Police stationPolice Station44 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
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