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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUCHISMITA BARIK
Contact: 94****3281
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- LGD code
- 395021
- Pincode
- 756164
- Post office
- Naikanidihi
- Population
- 229
- Households
- 45
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1290 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 29
Census 2011 · in context
How Balapur compares
By population, Balapur ranks #120 of 143 villages in Basudebpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.2%
−21.7% vs mandal average
- Balapur
- 47.2%
- Basudebpur mandal
- 68.9%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,290
+282 vs mandal average
- Balapur
- 1,290
- Basudebpur mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Balapur
- 5.1
- Basudebpur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balapur at a glance
Balapur is a village of 229 people in 45 households (Census 2011) in Basudebpur block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 120th-largest of 143 villages in Basudebpur block. Literacy is 47%, 22 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,290 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756164, served by Naikanidihi post office; the LGD village code is 395021. The sarpanch is RUCHISMITA BARIK, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain.
Gram panchayat: Biras →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balapur · this village | 229 | 47% | — |
| Biras · Basudebpur | 1,473 | 65% | — |
| Kerasahi · Basudebpur | 949 | 76% | — |
| Gadala Khas · Basudebpur | 382 | 75% | — |
| Kansaripur · Basudebpur | 318 | 67% | — |
| Bahupokhari · Naikanidihi | 266 | 65% | — |
| Balapurkhasmahal · Naikanidihi | 191 | 68% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balapur
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASUDEBPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Biras
- Total area (ha)
- 60
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balapur
- LGD code
- 395021
- Pincode
- 756164
- Post office
- Naikanidihi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 229
- Population (projected 2026)
- 0
- Households
- 45
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1290
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUCHISMITA BARIK
- Block / Mandal
- Basudebpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756164
- BideipurNaikanidihi mandal13,428 pop
- KismatkrushnapurBasudebpur mandal6,974 pop
- KrushnapurNaikanidihi mandal6,755 pop
- NaikanidihiNaikanidihi mandal2,760 pop
- RajgharpokhariBasudebpur mandal2,545 pop
- BalimedNaikanidihi mandal2,321 pop
- BalimundaBasudebpur mandal2,170 pop
- KaranjaadiaNaikanidihi mandal2,167 pop
- DadhibamanpurNaikanidihi mandal2,155 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balapur
Other villages in Basudebpur mandal
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- Nuagan
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- Eram
- Kumarpur
- Sugo
- Lunga
- Bachhada
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- Alabaga
- Sankharu
- Artung
- Balimunda
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- Bagdabinayakpur
- Tulamtula
- Barandua
- Govindapur
- Suan
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- Ratanga
- Baikunthapur
- Khantakhuada
- Aruha
- Biras
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- 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)