By population, Basanaputi ranks #15 of 18 villages in Chamakhandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basanaputi is a village of 528 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Chamakhandi block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 15th-largest of 18 villages in Chamakhandi block. Literacy is 58%, 5 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,218 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Ganjam district centre, 7 km from Jagannathapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761002, served by Gopalpur (Ganjam) post office; the LGD village code is 412158. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Gopalpur, 3 km away. The village votes in Chhatrapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Nayak. The population is estimated at 623 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kalipalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basanaputi · this village | 528 | 58% | — |
| Mansurkota · Gopalpur | 459 | 52% | 1.4 km NW |
| Alipur · Gopalpur | 1,699 | 53% | 2 km W |
| Narayanpur · Gopalpur | 1,528 | 61% | 2.7 km SW |
| Narayanpur · Brahmapur Sadar | 2,260 | 57% | 2.7 km SW |
| Antarbatia · Gopalpur | 636 | 61% | 2.9 km W |
| Badaputi · Chamakhandi | 1,987 | 57% | 3.2 km NE |
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.
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