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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUSPAMITRA KHUNTIA
Contact: 88****2204
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- LGD code
- 408255
- Pincode
- 752030
- Post office
- Balugaon
- Population
- 580
- Households
- 124
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Sex ratio
- 865 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 190
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 92 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 456 km
- Nearest railway station
- Balugaon · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nandighos Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Saranai compares
By population, Saranai ranks #47 of 112 villages in Balugaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.1%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Saranai
- 72.1%
- Balugaon mandal
- 70.6%
- Khordha district
- 77.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
865
−129 vs mandal average
- Saranai
- 865
- Balugaon mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Saranai
- 4.7
- Balugaon mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saranai at a glance
Saranai is a village of 580 people in 124 households (Census 2011) in Balugaon block, Khordha district, Odisha, the 47th-largest of 112 villages in Balugaon block. Literacy is 72%, 2 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Khordha district centre, 3 km from Balugaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 752030, served by Balugaon post office; the LGD village code is 408255. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nandighos Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is PUSPAMITRA KHUNTIA. The population is estimated at 684 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Saranai
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALUGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 78
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nandapur
- Total area (ha)
- 37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.39
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Saranai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Saranai
- LGD code
- 408255
- Pincode
- 752030
- Post office
- Balugaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 580
- Population (projected 2026)
- 684
- Households
- 124
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 865
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.73943°N, 85.17944°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Polasara
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUSPAMITRA KHUNTIA
- Block / Mandal
- Balugaon
Getting there
How to reach Saranai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar92 kmcapital
- Kolkata456 km
- Hyderabad752 km
- Chennai906 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBalugaon3 km
- Bus stopPaikakushdiha bus stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCNandighos Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankSBI2 km
- Petrol pumpHP3 km
- CollegeKalijai Junior College3 km
- Police stationbalugaon police station4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Saranai
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Saranai
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)