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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kharmunda is a village in Bijepur mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 2,050 across 582 households. It has a literacy rate of 67.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR PADHAN
Contact: 85****5744
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- LGD code
- 380365
- Pincode
- 768032
- Post office
- Bijepur
- Population
- 2,050
- Households
- 582
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,095
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 52 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 275 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 524 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bargarh Road · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Garvana Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharmunda compares
By population, Kharmunda ranks #6 of 109 villages in Bijepur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Kharmunda
- 67.5%
- Bijepur mandal
- 65.9%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−44 vs mandal average
- Kharmunda
- 938
- Bijepur mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kharmunda
- 3.5
- Bijepur mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharmunda at a glance
Kharmunda is a village of 2,050 people in 582 households (Census 2011) in Bijepur block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 6th-largest of 109 villages in Bijepur block. Literacy is 68%, 2 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Bargarh district centre, 24 km from Tora, the nearest town, 21 km from Bargarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768032, served by Bijepur post office; the LGD village code is 380365. The nearest hospital or health centre is Garvana Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR PADHAN, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 2,417 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharmunda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kharmunda
- Total area (ha)
- 494
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharmunda
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Key facts — Kharmunda
- LGD code
- 380365
- Pincode
- 768032
- Post office
- Bijepur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,050
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,417
- Households
- 582
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Coordinates
- 21.38151°N, 83.44700°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR PADHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Bijepur
Getting there
How to reach Kharmunda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar275 kmcapital
- Kolkata524 km
- Hyderabad684 km
- Chennai982 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBargarh Road21 km
- Hospital / PHCGarvana Hospital8 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground56 km
- Police stationPolice Station50 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)