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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Benupur is a village in Balikuda mandal, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, with a population of 357 and 85 households. It has a literacy rate of 78.7% and provides multiple healthcare facilities including four hospitals and four primary health centres, along with shops, pharmacies, and ATMs.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Smruti Ranjan Malla
Contact: 76****4190
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- LGD code
- 398242
- Pincode
- 754106
- Post office
- Kaduapada
- Population
- 357
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 78.7%
- Sex ratio
- 869 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 129
- Distance to district centre
- 112 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 75 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 360 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vani Vihar · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Bhingarpur · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Benupur compares
By population, Benupur ranks #153 of 236 villages in Balikuda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.7%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Benupur
- 78.7%
- Balikuda mandal
- 77.2%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−103 vs mandal average
- Benupur
- 869
- Balikuda mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Benupur
- 4.2
- Balikuda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benupur at a glance
Benupur is a village of 357 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Balikuda block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 153rd-largest of 236 villages in Balikuda block. Literacy is 79%, 2 points above the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 869 women per 1,000 men. It lies 112 km from the Jagatsinghapur district centre, 6 km from Vani Vihar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754106, served by Kaduapada post office; the LGD village code is 398242. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Bhingarpur, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Smruti Ranjan Malla, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 421 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Benupur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGATSINGHAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Krushnadaspur
- Total area (ha)
- 84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 56.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Benupur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Benupur
- LGD code
- 398242
- Pincode
- 754106
- Post office
- Kaduapada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 357
- Population (projected 2026)
- 421
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 869
- Literacy rate
- 78.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.28060°N, 85.90455°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Smruti Ranjan Malla
- Block / Mandal
- Balikuda
- Nearest PHC
- Healthline Multi Speciality Clinic (4.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- BOI (4.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Benupur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar9 kmcapital
- Kolkata360 km
- Hyderabad844 km
- Chennai1000 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVani Vihar6 km
- Bus stopMo Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Bhingarpur4 km
- ATM / bankBOI5 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil6 km
- CollegeNursing college7 km
- Police stationGovt. Railway Police Station, Bhubaneswar7 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Mo Bus Stop4.6 km
- Health centre
- Goverment hospital,Bhingarpur3.5 km
- Bank / ATM
- BOI4.8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Benupur
7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Benupur
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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