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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Karandola is situated in Sohela mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 1,261 comprising 372 households. The village has a literacy rate of 72% and is located at PIN 768033.
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arkshita khamari
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- LGD code
- 380232
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population
- 1,261
- Households
- 372
- Literacy rate
- 72%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 849
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 278 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 527 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bargarh Road · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Garvana Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karandola compares
By population, Karandola ranks #30 of 108 villages in Sohela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.0%
+4.7% vs mandal average
- Karandola
- 72.0%
- Sohela mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
−19 vs mandal average
- Karandola
- 958
- Sohela mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Karandola
- 3.4
- Sohela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karandola at a glance
Karandola is a village of 1,261 people in 372 households (Census 2011) in Sohela block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 30th-largest of 108 villages in Sohela block. Literacy is 72%, 5 points above the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Bargarh district centre, 27 km from Tora, the nearest town, 24 km from Bargarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768033, served by Sohella post office; the LGD village code is 380232. The nearest hospital or health centre is Garvana Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is arkshita khamari. The population is estimated at 1,487 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karandola
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karandola
- Total area (ha)
- 470
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 11.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karandola
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karandola
- LGD code
- 380232
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,261
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,487
- Households
- 372
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 72.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.38513°N, 83.41447°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- arkshita khamari
- Block / Mandal
- Sohela
Getting there
How to reach Karandola
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar278 kmcapital
- Kolkata527 km
- Hyderabad682 km
- Chennai982 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBargarh Road24 km
- Hospital / PHCGarvana Hospital9 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground60 km
- Police stationPolice Station53 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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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