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By population, Marthapur ranks #94 of 256 villages in Patapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marthapur is a village of 343 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Patapur block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 94th-largest of 256 villages in Patapur block. Literacy is 24%, 27 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,242 women per 1,000 men. It lies 185 km from the Ganjam district centre, 25 km from Dhenkanal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761014, served by Pudamari post office; the LGD village code is 412402. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Jiral, 4 km away. The village votes in Sanakhemundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena. The population is estimated at 404 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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