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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 416681
- Pincode
- 762103
- Post office
- Balliguda
- Population
- 3,039
- Households
- 794
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1092 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,315
- Distance to district centre
- 107 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 85 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 261 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 605 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ganguvada · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,L.N.Peta · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahasingi compares
By population, Mahasingi ranks #2 of 328 villages in Baliguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
+15.0% vs mandal average
- Mahasingi
- 61.5%
- Baliguda mandal
- 46.5%
- Kandhamal district
- 54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,092
+42 vs mandal average
- Mahasingi
- 1,092
- Baliguda mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Mahasingi
- 3.8
- Baliguda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahasingi at a glance
Mahasingi is a village of 3,039 people in 794 households (Census 2011) in Baliguda block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 2nd-largest of 328 villages in Baliguda block. Literacy is 62%, 15 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,092 women per 1,000 men. It lies 107 km from the Kandhamal district centre, 12 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 7 km from Ganguvada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762103, served by Balliguda post office; the LGD village code is 416681. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,L.N.Peta, 10 km away. The population is estimated at 1,816 in 2026, down 40% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahasinghi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahasingi · this village | 3,039 | 62% | — |
| Mahasingi · Saravakota | 1,645 | 50% | 0.1 km NE |
| Bonthu · Saravakota | 841 | 53% | 1.5 km W |
| Kuridingi · Saravakota | 426 | 59% | 2 km SW |
| Dharmalakshmipuram · Saravakota | 1,106 | 51% | 2.1 km NW |
| Chinnamallipuram · Pathapatnam | 1,143 | 54% | 2.6 km NE |
| Arli · Serango | 36 | 22% | 2.7 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahasingi
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- G. UDAYAGIRI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mahasingi
- Total area (ha)
- 624
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 118.31
- Forest area (ha)
- 206.98
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahasingi
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Key facts — Mahasingi
- LGD code
- 416681
- Pincode
- 762103
- Post office
- Balliguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,039
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,816
- Households
- 794
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1092
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.64906°N, 84.04717°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Block / Mandal
- Baliguda
Getting there
How to reach Mahasingi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar261 kmcapital
- Hyderabad605 km
- Kolkata626 km
- Chennai739 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGanguvada7 km
- Bus stopNowthala Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,L.N.Peta10 km
- ATM / bankHiramandalam SBI11 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Bunk11 km
- CollegeGovt. Junior College11 km
- Police stationHiramandalam Police Station11 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)