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By population, Amara Pada ranks #57 of 132 villages in Niali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amara Pada is a village of 951 people in 219 households (Census 2011) in Niali block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 57th-largest of 132 villages in Niali block. Literacy is 78%, 2 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754106, served by Kaduapada post office; the LGD village code is 400267. The sarpanch is KABITA MOHAPATRA, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 1,121 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sithalo →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amara Pada · this village | 951 | 78% | — |
| Sithalo · Niali | 3,256 | 75% | — |
| Sasanpada · Niali | 1,272 | 81% | — |
| Banchhasailo · Niali | 864 | 78% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Niali mandal
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