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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Banjari is a village in Sohela mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 1,531 across 432 households. The literacy rate stands at 62.7%, with PIN code 768033.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lipika Bishi
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- LGD code
- 380259
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population
- 1,531
- Households
- 432
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Sex ratio
- 881 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 970
- Distance to district centre
- 264 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 283 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 205 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 569 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baruva · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahalaxmi Nursing Home · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Banjari compares
By population, Banjari ranks #19 of 108 villages in Sohela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.7%
−4.6% vs mandal average
- Banjari
- 62.7%
- Sohela mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
881
−96 vs mandal average
- Banjari
- 881
- Sohela mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Banjari
- 3.5
- Sohela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banjari at a glance
Banjari is a village of 1,531 people in 432 households (Census 2011) in Sohela block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 19th-largest of 108 villages in Sohela block. Literacy is 63%, 5 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. It lies 264 km from the Bargarh district centre, 49 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 7 km from Baruva railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768033, served by Sohella post office; the LGD village code is 380259. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahalaxmi Nursing Home, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Lipika Bishi. The population is estimated at 1,805 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banjari
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dumerpali
- Total area (ha)
- 436
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 13.58
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banjari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banjari
- LGD code
- 380259
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,531
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,805
- Households
- 432
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 881
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.93782°N, 84.50624°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lipika Bishi
- Block / Mandal
- Sohela
Getting there
How to reach Banjari
Nearest town · 15,954 people
Pathapatnam · ≈ 49 km
≈ 1 h 40 min by car · 1 h 59 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar205 kmcapital
- Kolkata569 km
- Hyderabad659 km
- Chennai793 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBaruva7 km
- Bus stopGaudaguranti Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCMahalaxmi Nursing Home8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India38 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
- CollegeBharat institute of engineering and technology44 km
- Police stationPOLICE STATION47 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
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