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- LGD code
- 396117
- Pincode
- 754219
- Post office
- Aul
- Population
- 2,245
- Households
- 494
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1110 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 633
- Distance to district centre
- 435 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 391 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 469 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 376 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaklur · 79 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Korukonda · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balakati compares
By population, Balakati ranks #16 of 132 villages in Aali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.5%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Balakati
- 71.5%
- Aali mandal
- 76.0%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,110
−26 vs mandal average
- Balakati
- 1,110
- Aali mandal
- 1,136
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
- Balakati
- 4.5
- Aali mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balakati at a glance
Balakati is a village of 2,245 people in 494 households (Census 2011) in Aali block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 16th-largest of 132 villages in Aali block. Literacy is 72%, 5 points below the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,110 women per 1,000 men. It lies 435 km from the Kendrapara district centre, 79 km from Kaklur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754219, served by Aul post office; the LGD village code is 396117. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Korukonda, 9 km away. The village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 2,647 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balakati
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATTAMUNDAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balakati
- Total area (ha)
- 167
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balakati
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Key facts — Balakati
- LGD code
- 396117
- Pincode
- 754219
- Post office
- Aul
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,245
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,647
- Households
- 494
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1110
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.22921°N, 81.92955°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Block / Mandal
- Aali
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (433.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Balakati
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar469 kmcapital
- Hyderabad376 km
- Chennai599 km
- Bengaluru746 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaklur79 km
- Bus stopSileru Bus Stop23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Korukonda9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India34 km
- Petrol pumpHP23 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma34 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Sileru23 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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