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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GAJENDRA PRASAD SETHY
Contact: 98****6970
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- LGD code
- 394405
- Pincode
- 756114
- Post office
- Bant
- Population
- 2,055
- Households
- 387
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 710
Census 2011 · in context
How Padhanpada compares
By population, Padhanpada ranks #9 of 142 villages in Bant mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.9%
+3.5% vs mandal average
- Padhanpada
- 78.9%
- Bant mandal
- 75.4%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−50 vs mandal average
- Padhanpada
- 928
- Bant mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Padhanpada
- 5.3
- Bant mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padhanpada at a glance
Padhanpada is a village of 2,055 people in 387 households (Census 2011) in Bant block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 9th-largest of 142 villages in Bant block. Literacy is 79%, 4 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756114, served by Bant post office; the LGD village code is 394405. The sarpanch is GAJENDRA PRASAD SETHY, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 2,423 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Padhanpada →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padhanpada · this village | 2,055 | 79% | — |
| Chandipur · Bant | 2,844 | 70% | — |
| Maltira · Bant | 1,516 | 68% | — |
| Padakana · Bant | 492 | 81% | — |
| Balikana · Agarpada | 0 | — | — |
| Khajurigadia · Bant | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Padhanpada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- BHADRAK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Padhanpada
- Total area (ha)
- 345
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 291.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Padhanpada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Padhanpada
- LGD code
- 394405
- Pincode
- 756114
- Post office
- Bant
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,055
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,423
- Households
- 387
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hindol
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Simarani Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GAJENDRA PRASAD SETHY
- Block / Mandal
- Bant
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)