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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rita Kanhar
Contact: 81****1414
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- LGD code
- 417786
- Pincode
- 762018
- Post office
- Ghantapada
- Population
- 1,735
- Households
- 411
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 415
- Distance to district centre
- 101 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 153 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 84 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 415 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dashapalla · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hadabhanga Chikitsalaya · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghantapada compares
By population, Ghantapada ranks #1 of 299 villages in Kantamal mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
63.7%
+8.0% vs mandal average
- Ghantapada
- 63.7%
- Kantamal mandal
- 55.7%
- Boudh district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
−25 vs mandal average
- Ghantapada
- 972
- Kantamal mandal
- 997
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Ghantapada
- 4.2
- Kantamal mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghantapada at a glance
Ghantapada is a village of 1,735 people in 411 households (Census 2011) in Kantamal block, Boudh district, Odisha, the largest of 299 villages in Kantamal block. Literacy is 64%, 8 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Boudh district centre, 25 km from Dashapalla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762018, served by Ghantapada post office; the LGD village code is 417786. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hadabhanga Chikitsalaya, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Rita Kanhar, and the village votes in Titlagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nabin Kumar Jain. The population is estimated at 2,046 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghantapada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BALANGIR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ghantapada
- Total area (ha)
- 466
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 19.91
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghantapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghantapada
- LGD code
- 417786
- Pincode
- 762018
- Post office
- Ghantapada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,735
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,046
- Households
- 411
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.48175°N, 85.04035°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Titlagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nabin Kumar Jain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rita Kanhar
- Block / Mandal
- Kantamal
Getting there
How to reach Ghantapada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar84 kmcapital
- Kolkata415 km
- Hyderabad770 km
- Chennai967 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDashapalla25 km
- Bus stopSiaria Chhaka17 km
- Hospital / PHCHadabhanga Chikitsalaya4 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM4 km
- CollegeChampeswar Anchalik Mahavidyalaya14 km
- Police stationRaghunath Nivas27 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Ghantapada
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)