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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GOKUL CHANDRA DASH
Contact: 89****1153
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- LGD code
- 380151
- Pincode
- 768034
- Post office
- Ghess
- Population
- 3,342
- Households
- 848
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,149
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 55 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 282 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 546 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dungripali · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Satyawadi Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghess compares
By population, Ghess ranks #1 of 44 villages in Melchhamunda mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
68.3%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Ghess
- 68.3%
- Melchhamunda mandal
- 67.0%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+27 vs mandal average
- Ghess
- 1,023
- Melchhamunda mandal
- 996
Household size
people per home
3.9
Same as the mandal average
- Ghess
- 3.9
- Melchhamunda mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghess at a glance
Ghess is a village of 3,342 people in 848 households (Census 2011) in Melchhamunda block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the largest of 44 villages in Melchhamunda block. Literacy is 68%, 1 points above the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Bargarh district centre, 43 km from Tora, the nearest town, 32 km from Dungripali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768034, served by Ghess post office; the LGD village code is 380151. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is GOKUL CHANDRA DASH, and the village votes in Patnagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo. The population is estimated at 3,940 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghess
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PADMAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ghens
- Total area (ha)
- 744
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 372.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 36.67
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghess
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghess
- LGD code
- 380151
- Pincode
- 768034
- Post office
- Ghess
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,342
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,940
- Households
- 848
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.19065°N, 83.28722°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Patnagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GOKUL CHANDRA DASH
- Block / Mandal
- Melchhamunda
- Nearest PHC
- Satyawadi Clinic (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ghess
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar282 kmcapital
- Kolkata546 km
- Hyderabad658 km
- Chennai957 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDungripali32 km
- Hospital / PHCSatyawadi Clinic<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Satyawadi Clinicunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
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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)