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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 412195
- Pincode
- 761018
- Post office
- Purushottampur
- Population
- 1,588
- Households
- 330
- Literacy rate
- 69.2%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 677
Census 2011 · in context
How Barabaragan compares
By population, Barabaragan ranks #32 of 105 villages in Purusottampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.2%
+11.5% vs mandal average
- Barabaragan
- 69.2%
- Purusottampur mandal
- 57.7%
- Ganjam district
- 62.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
−36 vs mandal average
- Barabaragan
- 990
- Purusottampur mandal
- 1,026
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Barabaragan
- 4.8
- Purusottampur mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barabaragan at a glance
Barabaragan is a village of 1,588 people in 330 households (Census 2011) in Purusottampur block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 32nd-largest of 105 villages in Purusottampur block. Literacy is 69%, 12 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 761018, served by Purushottampur post office; the LGD village code is 412195. The village votes in Kabisuryanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratap Chandra Nayak. The population is estimated at 1,872 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bada Baragam →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barabaragan · this village | 1,588 | 69% | — |
| Ranigam · Purusottampur | 1,691 | 57% | — |
| Inamtentulia · Purusottampur | 596 | 53% | — |
| Beluabijebalunikeswarapur · Purusottampur | 508 | 56% | — |
| Karandapalli · Purusottampur | 446 | 58% | — |
| Belua · Purusottampur | 389 | 46% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barabaragan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PURUSOTTAMPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Badabaragan
- Total area (ha)
- 373
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 5.46
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barabaragan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barabaragan
- LGD code
- 412195
- Pincode
- 761018
- Post office
- Purushottampur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,588
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,872
- Households
- 330
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 69.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kabisuryanagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratap Chandra Nayak
- Block / Mandal
- Purusottampur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 761018
- SikulaPurusottampur mandal5,645 pop
- JamuniPurusottampur mandal3,463 pop
- ChingudighaiPurusottampur mandal3,436 pop
- GangadahaniPurusottampur mandal3,075 pop
- RanajhaliPurusottampur mandal2,579 pop
- SolagharaPurusottampur mandal2,397 pop
- RaipurPurusottampur mandal2,230 pop
- SamaPurusottampur mandal2,071 pop
- AnguPurusottampur mandal1,857 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Barabaragan
Other villages in Purusottampur mandal
View all 60+ →- Bhatakumarada
- Sikula
- Pandia
- Sunadhara
- Arakhapur
- Jamuni
- Chingudighai
- Kalidaspur
- Pratappur
- Gangadahani
- Bhabandha
- Ranajhali
- Changudipadaranuagam
- Jhadabai
- Solaghara
- Sarasingi(Vuttasarasingi)
- Raipur
- Balakrishnapur
- Baghala
- Sama
- Sikharapur
- Chhatamundali
- Aladigan
- Angu
- Hundata
- Rajpur
- Bhimpur
- Khatadi
- Balakrushnapur
- Mahachhai
- Ranigam
- Handighara
- Rengitipalli
- Gothiali
- Burutulu
- Kamanalinakhyapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)