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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIKRAM BISWAL
Contact: 99****7180
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- LGD code
- 401291
- Pincode
- 755010
- Post office
- Kaipara
- Population
- 440
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1018 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 116
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanchia compares
By population, Kanchia ranks #136 of 277 villages in Dharmasala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Kanchia
- 67.7%
- Dharmasala mandal
- 70.9%
- Jajapur district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,018
+57 vs mandal average
- Kanchia
- 1,018
- Dharmasala mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kanchia
- 4.3
- Dharmasala mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanchia at a glance
Kanchia is a village of 440 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Dharmasala block, Jajapur district, Odisha, the 136th-largest of 277 villages in Dharmasala block. Literacy is 68%, 3 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 755010, served by Kaipara post office; the LGD village code is 401291. The sarpanch is BIKRAM BISWAL, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 519 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Haridaspur →
Key facts — Kanchia
- LGD code
- 401291
- Pincode
- 755010
- Post office
- Kaipara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 440
- Population (projected 2026)
- 519
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1018
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIKRAM BISWAL
- Block / Mandal
- Dharmasala
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 755010
- ChandapurDharmasala mandal4,426 pop
- KantigadiaDharmasala mandal3,812 pop
- RoutrapurDharmasala mandal3,465 pop
- ArabalDharmasala mandal3,411 pop
- BaranahanagarDharmasala mandal3,181 pop
- KaimabadaDharmasala mandal3,168 pop
- ArangabadDharmasala mandal2,863 pop
- DeodaDharmasala mandal2,776 pop
- MirjapurDharmasala mandal2,514 pop
Other villages in Dharmasala mandal
View all 60+ →- Neulpur
- Chandapur
- Bandhadiha
- Kantigadia
- Jenapur
- Routrapur
- Arabal
- Baranahanagar
- Kaimabada
- Chahata
- Balikudia
- Arangabad
- Deoda
- Raichhanda
- Narasinghpur
- Mirjapur
- Sahanidiha
- Bada Mangalpur
- Chora Muhan
- Aruha
- Talajanga
- Bhuban
- Kotapur
- Kolhasamil Hinjalpata
- Maheswarpur
- Betanda
- Bhagabanpur
- Sundaria
- Nilakanthapur
- Kumari
- Mangalpur
- Barabati
- Sananahangara
- Kothidiha
- Jalasarapur
- Thanual
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)