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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SRINIBAS BEHERA
Contact: 98****0263
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- LGD code
- 402554
- Pincode
- 759017
- Post office
- Bhuban
- Population
- 747
- Households
- 188
- Literacy rate
- 76.7%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 242
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhalapada compares
By population, Dhalapada ranks #44 of 110 villages in Bhuban mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.7%
+6.6% vs mandal average
Dhalapada76.7%
Bhuban mandal70.1%
Dhenkanal district69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−14 vs mandal average
Dhalapada935
Bhuban mandal949
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
Dhalapada4.0
Bhuban mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhalapada at a glance
Dhalapada is a village of 747 people in 188 households (Census 2011) in Bhuban block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 44th-largest of 110 villages in Bhuban block. Literacy is 77%, 7 points above the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759017, served by Bhuban post office; the LGD village code is 402554. The sarpanch is SRINIBAS BEHERA, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 881 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhalapada →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhalapada · this village | 747 | 77% | — |
| Anala · Bhuban | 1,487 | 75% | — |
| Darjani · Bhuban | 802 | 68% | — |
| Senanda · Bhuban | 240 | 43% | — |
| Brahmankhantakhol · Bhuban | 212 | 53% | — |
| Joragadia · Bhuban | 85 | 33% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhalapada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUBAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dhalapada
- Total area (ha)
- 437
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 53.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 25.83
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhalapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhalapada
- LGD code
- 402554
- Pincode
- 759017
- Post office
- Bhuban
- Population (Census 2011)
- 747
- Population (projected 2026)
- 881
- Households
- 188
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 76.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hindol
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Simarani Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SRINIBAS BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuban
Same pincode
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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)