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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PREMALATA BISWAL
Contact: 99****0178
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- LGD code
- 395111
- Pincode
- 756130
- Post office
- Tihidi
- Population
- 1,328
- Households
- 299
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1098 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 373
Census 2011 · in context
How Achak compares
By population, Achak ranks #58 of 160 villages in Tihidi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.5%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Achak
- 75.5%
- Tihidi mandal
- 72.4%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,098
+101 vs mandal average
- Achak
- 1,098
- Tihidi mandal
- 997
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Achak
- 4.4
- Tihidi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Achak at a glance
Achak is a village of 1,328 people in 299 households (Census 2011) in Tihidi block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 58th-largest of 160 villages in Tihidi block. Literacy is 76%, 3 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,098 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756130, served by Tihidi post office; the LGD village code is 395111. The sarpanch is PREMALATA BISWAL, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 1,566 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Achak →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achak · this village | 1,328 | 76% | — |
| Santarapur · Tihidi | 2,704 | 68% | — |
| Nandapur · Tihidi | 1,789 | 74% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Achak
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHADRAK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Achak
- Total area (ha)
- 132
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Achak
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Achak
- LGD code
- 395111
- Pincode
- 756130
- Post office
- Tihidi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,328
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,566
- Households
- 299
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1098
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PREMALATA BISWAL
- Block / Mandal
- Tihidi
- Nearest railway station
- Dashapalla (4.2 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756130
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Achak
Other villages in Tihidi mandal
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- Baro
- Kanpada
- Bodaka
- Barsar
- Dolasahi
- Kolha
- Santarapur
- Harisinghpur
- Maharampur
- Deula
- Taladapa
- Daulatapur
- Talagopbindha
- Bamanbindha
- Bahabalpur
- Shyamsundarpur
- Mangarajpur
- Upardumuka
- Arasa
- Fatepur
- Nandore
- Gobindapur
- Nuabandha
- Taladumuka
- Narendrapur
- Talagop
- Nandakandarpa
- Nandapur
- Sindol
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)