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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SISIRA KANTA BEHERA
Contact: 99****9862
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- LGD code
- 402865
- Pincode
- 759026
- Post office
- Anlabereni
- Population
- 596
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1041 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 159
Census 2011 · in context
How Machhia compares
By population, Machhia ranks #16 of 37 villages in Tumusingha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+0.8% vs mandal average
Machhia69.5%
Tumusingha mandal68.7%
Dhenkanal district69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,041
+99 vs mandal average
Machhia1,041
Tumusingha mandal942
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
Machhia4.6
Tumusingha mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Machhia at a glance
Machhia is a village of 596 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Tumusingha block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 16th-largest of 37 villages in Tumusingha block. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,041 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759026, served by Anlabereni post office; the LGD village code is 402865. The sarpanch is SISIRA KANTA BEHERA, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 703 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rai Narasinghpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machhia · this village | 596 | 70% | — |
| Rainarasinghpur Sasan · Tumusingha | 1,153 | 83% | — |
| Kamagarapatana · Tumusingha | 691 | 67% | — |
| Srirampur · Kamakshyanagar | 548 | 64% | — |
| Sukapada · Tumusingha | 476 | 71% | — |
| Sidhapada · Kamakshyanagar | 275 | 71% | — |
| Tentulisinga · Tumusingha | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Machhia
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Rainrusinghapur
- Total area (ha)
- 243
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.17
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Machhia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Machhia
- LGD code
- 402865
- Pincode
- 759026
- Post office
- Anlabereni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 596
- Population (projected 2026)
- 703
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1041
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SISIRA KANTA BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Tumusingha
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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Other villages named Machhia
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Machhia
Other villages in Tumusingha mandal
View all 36 →- Kantiokateni
- Kantioputasahi
- Tumusingha
- Bhairapur (L)
- Analabereni
- Barunan (Baruan)
- Srimula (Sirimula)
- Budhibilli
- Rainarasinghpur Sasan
- Jogidiha
- Khatuahata
- Bhairapur (R)
- Dhobabahali
- Kamagarapatana
- Upara Jhagadapada
- Jaka
- Godaribili
- Jamujhara
- Arnnapurnapur (Ka)
- Sukapada
- Udegiri
- Pandua
- Aghiragoda
- Sogarkateni
- Aghiragoda(L)
- Salia
- Ambakholakateni
- Karabar
- Kotarapali
- Hadagarh
- Haridapal
- Mahugadia
- Rabada
- Routapada
- Talajhagadapada
- Tentulisinga
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)