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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jaka is a village in Tumusingha mandal, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, with a population of 570 across 131 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.4% and is located at coordinates 22.126°N, 87.174°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BINOD BIHARI SAHOO
Contact: 94****1151
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- LGD code
- 402860
- Pincode
- 759026
- Post office
- Anlabereni
- Population
- 570
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 176
- Distance to district centre
- 277 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 187 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 247 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 132 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belda · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Keshiary Rural Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jaka compares
By population, Jaka ranks #17 of 37 villages in Tumusingha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Jaka
- 70.4%
- Tumusingha mandal
- 68.7%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
+3 vs mandal average
- Jaka
- 945
- Tumusingha mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jaka
- 4.4
- Tumusingha mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jaka at a glance
Jaka is a village of 570 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Tumusingha block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 17th-largest of 37 villages in Tumusingha block. Literacy is 70%, 2 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 277 km from the Dhenkanal district centre, 29 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 18 km from Belda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 759026, served by Anlabereni post office; the LGD village code is 402860. The nearest hospital or health centre is Keshiary Rural Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is BINOD BIHARI SAHOO, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 248 in 2026, down 56% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jaka
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHENKANAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kantioputasahi
- Total area (ha)
- 156
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jaka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jaka
- LGD code
- 402860
- Pincode
- 759026
- Post office
- Anlabereni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 570
- Population (projected 2026)
- 248
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.12614°N, 87.17440°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BINOD BIHARI SAHOO
- Block / Mandal
- Tumusingha
Getting there
How to reach Jaka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar247 kmcapital
- Kolkata132 km
- Hyderabad1051 km
- Delhi1233 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelda18 km
- Hospital / PHCKeshiary Rural Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum28 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science26 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station25 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759026
- KantiokateniTumusingha mandal4,351 pop
- KantioputasahiTumusingha mandal4,267 pop
- TumusinghaTumusingha mandal3,426 pop
- SogarKamakshyanagar mandal3,311 pop
- GangijodiKamakshyanagar mandal3,299 pop
- KantapalKamakshyanagar mandal2,280 pop
- KusumajodiKamakshyanagar mandal2,257 pop
- Ichhabatipur (R)Kamakshyanagar mandal1,894 pop
- AnalabereniTumusingha mandal1,799 pop
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)