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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DC
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dhruba Charan Nayak
Contact: 83****9939
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- LGD code
- 397192
- Pincode
- 754141
- Post office
- Kujang
- Population
- 1,086
- Households
- 260
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 491
Census 2011 · in context
How Gaurpada compares
By population, Gaurpada ranks #49 of 142 villages in Kujang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.9%
−0.1% vs mandal average
- Gaurpada
- 78.9%
- Kujang mandal
- 79.0%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+35 vs mandal average
- Gaurpada
- 996
- Kujang mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Gaurpada
- 4.2
- Kujang mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaurpada at a glance
Gaurpada is a village of 1,086 people in 260 households (Census 2011) in Kujang block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 49th-largest of 142 villages in Kujang block. Literacy is 79%, about the same as the block average of 79% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754141, served by Kujang post office; the LGD village code is 397192. The sarpanch is Dhruba Charan Nayak, and the village votes in Surada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nilamani Bisoyi. The population is estimated at 1,280 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaurpada · this village | 1,086 | 79% | — |
| Arakhia · Kujang | 1,473 | 82% | — |
| Mallasahi · Kujang | 1,467 | 84% | — |
| Tenteikuda · Kujang | 540 | 79% | — |
| Taladanda · Kujang | 486 | 85% | — |
| Nekudikuda · Kujang | 78 | 87% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gaurpada
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PARADIP
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mallasahi
- Total area (ha)
- 112
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 69.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gaurpada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gaurpada
- LGD code
- 397192
- Pincode
- 754141
- Post office
- Kujang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,086
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,280
- Households
- 260
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Surada
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nilamani Bisoyi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dhruba Charan Nayak
- Block / Mandal
- Kujang
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754141
- GandakipurKujang mandal5,925 pop
- BalarampurKujang mandal5,464 pop
- NuaganAbhyachandpur mandal5,185 pop
- GopiakudaKujang mandal4,293 pop
- DhinkiaAbhyachandpur mandal4,141 pop
- BhutumundaiParadeep Lock mandal3,933 pop
- KujangaKujang mandal3,686 pop
- MangarajpurKujang mandal3,314 pop
- BamadeipurErsama mandal3,161 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Gaurpada
Other villages in Kujang mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)