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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Palasa is a village in Niali mandal, Cuttack district, Odisha, with a population of 598 across 140 households and a literacy rate of 67.2%.
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRASANTA KUMAR SWAIN
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- LGD code
- 400298
- Pincode
- 754294
- Post office
- Chatra (Jagatsinghapur)
- Population
- 598
- Households
- 140
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 168
- Distance to district centre
- 209 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 181 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 225 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 590 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palasa · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Svdp Hospital · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palasa compares
By population, Palasa ranks #87 of 132 villages in Niali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
−8.5% vs mandal average
- Palasa
- 67.2%
- Niali mandal
- 75.7%
- Cuttack district
- 76.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+83 vs mandal average
- Palasa
- 1,048
- Niali mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Palasa
- 4.3
- Niali mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palasa at a glance
Palasa is a village of 598 people in 140 households (Census 2011) in Niali block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 87th-largest of 132 villages in Niali block. Literacy is 67%, 9 points below the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 209 km from the Cuttack district centre, 34 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 2 km from Palasa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754294, served by Chatra (Jagatsinghapur) post office; the LGD village code is 400298. The nearest hospital or health centre is Svdp Hospital, 1 km away. The sarpanch is PRASANTA KUMAR SWAIN, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 705 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palasa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- CUTTACK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ekaberuan
- Total area (ha)
- 131
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palasa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palasa
- LGD code
- 400298
- Pincode
- 754294
- Post office
- Chatra (Jagatsinghapur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 598
- Population (projected 2026)
- 705
- Households
- 140
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 18.77191°N, 84.40969°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRASANTA KUMAR SWAIN
- Block / Mandal
- Niali
Getting there
How to reach Palasa
Nearest town · 15,954 people
Pathapatnam · ≈ 34 km
≈ 1 h 10 min by car · 1 h 23 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar225 kmcapital
- Kolkata590 km
- Hyderabad645 km
- Chennai772 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalasa2 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Palasa<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSvdp Hospital1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil9 km
- CollegeGovt. Junior College50 km
- Police stationPOLICE STATION33 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Palasa
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Chinna ThirupathiTemple1.7 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Palasa
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫ZPHS groundSchool1.6 km ↗
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)