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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Katharpali is a village in Sohela mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 282 across 77 households. The literacy rate is 59.9%, and the village uses PIN code 768033.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lipika Bishi
Contact: 99****8258
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- LGD code
- 380258
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population
- 282
- Households
- 77
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1120 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 82
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 279 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 536 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jay Durga Homeopathy Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Katharpali compares
By population, Katharpali ranks #102 of 108 villages in Sohela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.9%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Katharpali
- 59.9%
- Sohela mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,120
+143 vs mandal average
- Katharpali
- 1,120
- Sohela mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Katharpali
- 3.7
- Sohela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katharpali at a glance
Katharpali is a village of 282 people in 77 households (Census 2011) in Sohela block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 102nd-largest of 108 villages in Sohela block. Literacy is 60%, 7 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,120 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Bargarh district centre, 33 km from Tora, the nearest town, 27 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768033, served by Sohella post office; the LGD village code is 380258. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jay Durga Homeopathy Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Lipika Bishi. The population is estimated at 332 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dumberpali →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katharpali · this village | 282 | 60% | — |
| Khairpali · Sohela | 1,218 | 64% | 1.5 km W |
| Jampali · Sohela | 875 | 74% | 2.3 km S |
| Lambrupali · Sohela | 660 | 69% | 2.2 km E |
| Sadhupali · Sohela | 543 | 55% | 2.3 km SE |
| Barihapali · Sohela | 822 | 78% | 2.3 km SE |
| Sardhapali · Sohela | 642 | 55% | 2.3 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katharpali
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dumerpali
- Total area (ha)
- 154
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.76
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katharpali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Katharpali
- LGD code
- 380258
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population (Census 2011)
- 282
- Population (projected 2026)
- 332
- Households
- 77
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1120
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.28290°N, 83.35411°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 Katharpali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar279 kmcapital
- Kolkata536 km
- Hyderabad670 km
- Chennai969 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali27 km
- Hospital / PHCJay Durga Homeopathy Clinic5 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 768033
Villages near Katharpali
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View all 60+ →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)