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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Katapali is a village in Bijepur mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 978 across 243 households. The village has a literacy rate of 67.7% and is located at PIN code 768032.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJAYA SING GADTIA
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- LGD code
- 380399
- Pincode
- 768032
- Post office
- Bijepur
- Population
- 978
- Households
- 243
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 572
- Distance to district centre
- 313 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 296 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 444 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 395 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tokapal · 49 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Sautnar · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Katapali compares
By population, Katapali ranks #37 of 109 villages in Bijepur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
+1.8% vs mandal average
- Katapali
- 67.7%
- Bijepur mandal
- 65.9%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
−14 vs mandal average
- Katapali
- 968
- Bijepur mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Katapali
- 4.0
- Bijepur mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katapali at a glance
Katapali is a village of 978 people in 243 households (Census 2011) in Bijepur block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 37th-largest of 109 villages in Bijepur block. Literacy is 68%, 2 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 313 km from the Bargarh district centre, 49 km from Tokapal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768032, served by Bijepur post office; the LGD village code is 380399. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sautnar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SANJAYA SING GADTIA, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 1,153 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katapali
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Badbrahmani
- Total area (ha)
- 144
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 72.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katapali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Katapali
- LGD code
- 380399
- Pincode
- 768032
- Post office
- Bijepur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 978
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,153
- Households
- 243
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.58215°N, 82.00397°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJAYA SING GADTIA
- Block / Mandal
- Bijepur
Getting there
How to reach Katapali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar444 kmcapital
- Hyderabad395 km
- Chennai639 km
- Bengaluru782 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTokapal49 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Sautnar18 km
- ATM / bankSTATE BANK OF INDIA22 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum38 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma42 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Sileru59 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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)