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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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- LGD code
- 399200
- Pincode
- 754297
- Population
- 1,226
- Households
- 254
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 444
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 86 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 28 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 348 km
- Nearest railway station
- Machapur Junction · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pratinidhi ENT & Physio Clinic · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Oranda compares
By population, Oranda ranks #5 of 28 villages in Gurudijhatia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.9%
+5.7% vs mandal average
- Oranda
- 76.9%
- Gurudijhatia mandal
- 71.2%
- Cuttack district
- 76.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+7 vs mandal average
- Oranda
- 974
- Gurudijhatia mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Oranda
- 4.8
- Gurudijhatia mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Oranda at a glance
Oranda is a village of 1,226 people in 254 households (Census 2011) in Gurudijhatia block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 28 villages in Gurudijhatia block. Literacy is 77%, 6 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Cuttack district centre, 4 km from Machapur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754297; the LGD village code is 399200. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pratinidhi ENT & Physio Clinic, 7 km away. The village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 1,445 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Oranda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- ATHAGAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Oranda
- Total area (ha)
- 194
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 49.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Oranda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Oranda
- LGD code
- 399200
- Pincode
- 754297
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,226
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,445
- Households
- 254
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.54500°N, 85.79800°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Block / Mandal
- Gurudijhatia
Getting there
How to reach Oranda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar28 kmcapital
- Kolkata348 km
- Hyderabad845 km
- Chennai1017 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMachapur Junction4 km
- Bus stopNew Bus Stand7 km
- Hospital / PHCPratinidhi ENT & Physio Clinic7 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM8 km
- Petrol pumpGAIL CNG Filling Station8 km
- CollegeRavenshaw University (Mahanadi Campus)6 km
- Police stationLalbhag Police Station11 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Oranda
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)