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By population, Badaguda ranks #283 of 328 villages in Baliguda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badaguda is a village of 25 people in 5 households (Census 2011) in Baliguda block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 283rd-largest of 328 villages in Baliguda block. Literacy is 20%, 27 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Kandhamal district centre, 55 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 10 km from Rayagada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762103, served by Balliguda post office; the LGD village code is 416727. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Medical Jangili, 6 km away. The population is estimated at 29 in 2026, up 16% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badaguda · this village | 25 | 20% | — |
| Budaguda · Baliguda | 2,302 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Anagula · Baliguda | 601 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Dakapadi · Baliguda | 168 | 27% | 0.4 km N |
| Tikarabaju · Baliguda | 459 | 38% | 0.4 km E |
| Sakarapadi · Baliguda | 115 | 47% | 0.4 km E |
| Badaalubadi · Rayagada | 1,183 | 27% | 1.6 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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