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Fisherwoman dies after crocodile attack in Odisha's Kendrapara
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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
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
Contact: 99****5584
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- LGD code
- 396690
- Pincode
- 754208
- Post office
- Chandol
- Population
- 524
- Households
- 119
- Literacy rate
- 87%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 172
Census 2011 · in context
How Jahangar compares
By population, Jahangar ranks #69 of 125 villages in Derabish mandal.
Literacy rate
%
87.0%
+10.2% vs mandal average
Jahangar87.0%
Derabish mandal76.8%
Kendrapara district75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−56 vs mandal average
Jahangar905
Derabish mandal961
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
Jahangar4.4
Derabish mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jahangar at a glance
Jahangar is a village of 524 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Derabish block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 69th-largest of 125 villages in Derabish block. Literacy is 87%, 10 points above the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754208, served by Chandol post office; the LGD village code is 396690. The sarpanch is AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 618 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Palei →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jahangar · this village | 524 | 87% | — |
| Palei · Derabish | 2,386 | 77% | — |
| Kanipadasabalanga · Derabish | 1,783 | 77% | — |
| Adhanga Mallikeswarpur · Derabish | 1,408 | 80% | — |
| Derakundi · Derabish | 406 | 78% | — |
| Puripada · Derabish | 311 | 85% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jahangar
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KENDRAPARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pallei
- Total area (ha)
- 66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 41
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jahangar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jahangar
- LGD code
- 396690
- Pincode
- 754208
- Post office
- Chandol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 524
- Population (projected 2026)
- 618
- Households
- 119
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 87.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
- Block / Mandal
- Derabish
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (62.9 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754208
- BhagabatpurKendrapara Sadar mandal2,772 pop
- ChandolDerabish mandal2,729 pop
- PaleiDerabish mandal2,386 pop
- BaliaDerabish mandal2,112 pop
- OragalaKendrapara Sadar mandal1,796 pop
- KanipadasabalangaDerabish mandal1,783 pop
- BaghilobabanpurDerabish mandal1,693 pop
- TilangaDerabish mandal1,424 pop
- Adhanga MallikeswarpurDerabish mandal1,408 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Jahangar
Other villages in Derabish mandal
View all 60+ →- Kusiapal
- Gualsingh
- Mangalpur
- Chandol
- Belarpur
- Harianka
- Chhachina
- Chhoti
- Palei
- Balia
- Benipur
- Palliraghunathpur
- Laxminarayanpur
- Kanipadasabalanga
- Baghilobabanpur
- Nuahat
- Nahanga
- Chatarachakada
- Balabhadrapur
- Nilakanthapur
- Tilanga
- Adhanga Mallikeswarpur
- Mantripada
- Oldhi
- Narasinghpur
- Nuagan
- Khamol
- Endar
- Naraharipur
- Nageswarpur
- Shyamsundarpur
- Anuapada
- Fakirabad
- Deradihi
- Badamangarajpur
- Mirjapatna
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)