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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ammunda is a village in Padmapur mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 592 across 163 households. The village has a literacy rate of 61% and postal code 768049.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIRAD RANJAN SAHU
Contact: 93****1635
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- LGD code
- 379941
- Pincode
- 768049
- Post office
- Jamla
- Population
- 592
- Households
- 163
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 922 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 182
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 289 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 562 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khaliapali · 40 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Jamla · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ammunda compares
By population, Ammunda ranks #68 of 108 villages in Padmapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
−2.4% vs mandal average
- Ammunda
- 61.0%
- Padmapur mandal
- 63.4%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
922
−83 vs mandal average
- Ammunda
- 922
- Padmapur mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Ammunda
- 3.6
- Padmapur mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ammunda at a glance
Ammunda is a village of 592 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Padmapur block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 68th-largest of 108 villages in Padmapur block. Literacy is 61%, 2 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Bargarh district centre, 40 km from Khaliapali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768049, served by Jamla post office; the LGD village code is 379941. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Jamla, 5 km away. The sarpanch is NIRAD RANJAN SAHU, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 698 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barihapali →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunda · this village | 592 | 61% | — |
| Chakakhalia · Padmapur | 457 | 60% | 2.6 km NW |
| Arjunnagar · Padmapur | 0 | — | 3.4 km NW |
| Dhauramunda · Melchhamunda | 541 | 66% | 3.4 km E |
| Dhauramunda · Lakhanpur | — | — | 3.4 km E |
| Dhumaberna · Padmapur | 271 | 71% | 4.5 km W |
| Ramedega · Padmapur | 242 | 58% | 4.8 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ammunda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PADMAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barihapali
- Total area (ha)
- 236
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ammunda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ammunda
- LGD code
- 379941
- Pincode
- 768049
- Post office
- Jamla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 592
- Population (projected 2026)
- 698
- Households
- 163
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 922
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.06064°N, 83.16681°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NIRAD RANJAN SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Padmapur
Getting there
How to reach Ammunda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar289 kmcapital
- Kolkata562 km
- Hyderabad639 km
- Chennai939 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhaliapali40 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Jamla5 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 768049
Villages near Ammunda
Other villages in Padmapur mandal
View all 60+ →- Bheunria
- Jamala
- Barikel
- Dahita
- Khairpali
- Mahulpali
- Loharpali
- Charpali
- Sargibahal
- Budhapali
- Singanpur
- Purena
- Jhungapali
- Deoli
- Saraikela
- Dahingaon
- Bisipali
- Budamal
- Tal
- Melchhamunda
- Dangaghat
- Jhankarpali
- Baitalbhata
- Sambalpuri
- Barihapali
- Satibhata
- Dholbandha
- Kansingha
- Pathari
- Palasapali
- Kudasingha
- Gadbhati
- Darbekela
- Brahmandihi
- Ghesara
- Ichhapali
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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)