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By population, Dangua ranks #81 of 86 villages in Balianta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dangua is a village of 97 people in 26 households (Census 2011) in Balianta block, Khordha district, Odisha, the 81st-largest of 86 villages in Balianta block. Literacy is 94%, 19 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752102, served by Balipatna post office; the LGD village code is 407668. The sarpanch is AJIT KU PATRA, and the village votes in Phulbani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uma Charan Mallick. The population is estimated at 114 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jhinti Sasan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dangua · this village | 97 | 94% | — |
| Jhintisasan · Balipatna | 4,366 | 78% | — |
| Trahiachutya Nagar · Balianta | 1,656 | 94% | — |
| Purunajhinti · Balipatna | 335 | 63% | — |
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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