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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GOURANGA CHANDRA PANDA
Contact: 98****2663
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- LGD code
- 394932
- Pincode
- 756125
- Post office
- Basudevpur (Bhadrak)
- Population
- 1,029
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 74.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1087 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 251
Census 2011 · in context
How Makhalpur compares
By population, Makhalpur ranks #50 of 143 villages in Basudebpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.9%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Makhalpur
- 74.9%
- Basudebpur mandal
- 68.9%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,087
+79 vs mandal average
- Makhalpur
- 1,087
- Basudebpur mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Makhalpur
- 3.8
- Basudebpur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makhalpur at a glance
Makhalpur is a village of 1,029 people in 273 households (Census 2011) in Basudebpur block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 50th-largest of 143 villages in Basudebpur block. Literacy is 75%, 6 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,087 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756125, served by Basudevpur (Bhadrak) post office; the LGD village code is 394932. The sarpanch is GOURANGA CHANDRA PANDA, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 1,213 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Narasinghpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makhalpur · this village | 1,029 | 75% | — |
| Narasinghpur · Basudebpur | 1,143 | 84% | — |
| Kalidaspur · Basudebpur | 676 | 83% | — |
| Jaypur · Basudebpur | 619 | 68% | — |
| Samian · Basudebpur | 508 | 62% | — |
| Banapur · Basudebpur | 333 | 69% | — |
| Badachandrabhanupur · Basudebpur | 318 | 86% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Makhalpur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASUDEBPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 44
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Narasinghpur
- Total area (ha)
- 96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 60.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Makhalpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Makhalpur
- LGD code
- 394932
- Pincode
- 756125
- Post office
- Basudevpur (Bhadrak)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,029
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,213
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1087
- Literacy rate
- 74.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GOURANGA CHANDRA PANDA
- Block / Mandal
- Basudebpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756125
- ChudamaniBasudebpur mandal9,975 pop
- SudarsanpurBasudebpur mandal4,688 pop
- NuaganBasudebpur mandal4,326 pop
- Kharida BinayakpurBasudebpur mandal3,981 pop
- EramBasudebpur mandal3,634 pop
- KumarpurBasudebpur mandal3,156 pop
- SugoBasudebpur mandal3,144 pop
- KamarganBasudebpur mandal2,747 pop
- JagannathpurBasudebpur mandal2,554 pop
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Other villages named Makhalpur
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Makhalpur
Other villages in Basudebpur mandal
View all 60+ →- Chudamani
- Adhuan
- Kismatkrushnapur
- Padhuan
- Sudarsanpur
- Ertal
- Padmapur
- Nuagan
- Kharida Binayakpur
- Eram
- Kumarpur
- Sugo
- Lunga
- Bachhada
- Kamargan
- Brahmangan
- Jagannathpur
- Rajgharpokhari
- Guagaria
- Alabaga
- Sankharu
- Artung
- Balimunda
- Balarampur
- Urunia
- Bagdabinayakpur
- Tulamtula
- Barandua
- Govindapur
- Suan
- Belasaunlia
- Ratanga
- Baikunthapur
- Khantakhuada
- Aruha
- Biras
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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)