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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
TRILOCHAN JENA
Contact: 95****1107
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- LGD code
- 401144
- Pincode
- 755050
- Post office
- Jaraka
- Population
- 668
- Households
- 140
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 194
Census 2011 · in context
How Palar compares
By population, Palar ranks #91 of 277 villages in Dharmasala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.7%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Palar
- 75.7%
- Dharmasala mandal
- 70.9%
- Jajapur district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+27 vs mandal average
- Palar
- 988
- Dharmasala mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Palar
- 4.8
- Dharmasala mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palar at a glance
Palar is a village of 668 people in 140 households (Census 2011) in Dharmasala block, Jajapur district, Odisha, the 91st-largest of 277 villages in Dharmasala block. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 755050, served by Jaraka post office; the LGD village code is 401144. The sarpanch is TRILOCHAN JENA , and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 788 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gangadharpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palar · this village | 668 | 76% | — |
| Gangadharpur · Dharmasala | 688 | 74% | — |
| Nuagan-B · Dharmasala | 543 | 78% | — |
| Kanipatia · Dharmasala | 501 | 76% | — |
| Imamanagar · Dharmasala | 405 | 85% | — |
| Brahmanda · Dharmasala | 367 | 77% | — |
| Bahagada · Dharmasala | 230 | 60% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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
- JAJAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barabati
- Total area (ha)
- 9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.11
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palar
- LGD code
- 401144
- Pincode
- 755050
- Post office
- Jaraka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 668
- Population (projected 2026)
- 788
- Households
- 140
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TRILOCHAN JENA
- Block / Mandal
- Dharmasala
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- 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)