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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Muchbahal is a village in Sohela mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 427 across 102 households. The village has a literacy rate of 62.1% and is located at coordinates 21.261°N, 83.321°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sushama barik
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- LGD code
- 380282
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population
- 427
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1103 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 277
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 281 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 540 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Satyawadi Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Muchbahal compares
By population, Muchbahal ranks #91 of 108 villages in Sohela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.1%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Muchbahal
- 62.1%
- Sohela mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,103
+126 vs mandal average
- Muchbahal
- 1,103
- Sohela mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Muchbahal
- 4.2
- Sohela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muchbahal at a glance
Muchbahal is a village of 427 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Sohela block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 91st-largest of 108 villages in Sohela block. Literacy is 62%, 5 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Bargarh district centre, 37 km from Tora, the nearest town, 30 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768033, served by Sohella post office; the LGD village code is 380282. The nearest hospital or health centre is Satyawadi Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is sushama barik. The population is estimated at 503 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Muchbahal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chhuriapali
- Total area (ha)
- 229
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 24.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 11.21
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Muchbahal
- LGD code
- 380282
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population (Census 2011)
- 427
- Population (projected 2026)
- 503
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1103
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.26090°N, 83.32132°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sushama barik
- Block / Mandal
- Sohela
Getting there
How to reach Muchbahal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar281 kmcapital
- Kolkata540 km
- Hyderabad666 km
- Chennai965 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali30 km
- Hospital / PHCSatyawadi Clinic8 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, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)