Panic in Odisha's coastal villages as seawater enters farmland
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By population, Jagapalli ranks #87 of 135 villages in Polasara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jagapalli is a village of 127 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Polasara block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 87th-largest of 135 villages in Polasara block. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 761105, served by Polosara post office; the LGD village code is 411504. The village votes in Chilika assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prithiviraj Harichandan. The population is estimated at 150 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhabarada →
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.
Centred on Polasara mandal
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