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Koraput Coffee: A Cup Of Coffee Is Changing Tribal Lives In Odisha
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GOURI MELEKA
Contact: 63****6288
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- LGD code
- 428817
- Pincode
- 764027
- Post office
- Bandhugam
- Population
- 841
- Households
- 191
- Literacy rate
- 26.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 482
Census 2011 · in context
How Barabankeri compares
By population, Barabankeri ranks #19 of 153 villages in Bandhugaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
26.6%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Barabankeri
- 26.6%
- Bandhugaon mandal
- 27.5%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
−41 vs mandal average
- Barabankeri
- 1,031
- Bandhugaon mandal
- 1,072
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Barabankeri
- 4.4
- Bandhugaon mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barabankeri at a glance
Barabankeri is a village of 841 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Bandhugaon block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 19th-largest of 153 villages in Bandhugaon block. Literacy is 27%, about the same as the block average of 28% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764027, served by Bandhugam post office; the LGD village code is 428817. The sarpanch is GOURI MELEKA. The population is estimated at 992 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Almonda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barabankeri · this village | 841 | 27% | — |
| Almonda · Bandhugaon | 2,178 | 49% | — |
| Hatigeda · Bandhugaon | 1,464 | 12% | — |
| Idugumabalsa · Bandhugaon | 569 | 22% | — |
| Sunapalmonda · Bandhugaon | 403 | 25% | — |
| Kesabhadra · Bandhugaon | 331 | 23% | — |
| Kabeti · Bandhugaon | 311 | 2% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barabankeri
- 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)
- 20
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KORAPUT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 115
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Alamanda
- Total area (ha)
- 430
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barabankeri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barabankeri
- LGD code
- 428817
- Pincode
- 764027
- Post office
- Bandhugam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 841
- Population (projected 2026)
- 992
- Households
- 191
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 26.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GOURI MELEKA
- Block / Mandal
- Bandhugaon
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764027
- AlmondaBandhugaon mandal2,178 pop
- NilabadiBandhugaon mandal2,123 pop
- SorabadiBandhugaon mandal1,909 pop
- KumbhariputBandhugaon mandal1,502 pop
- HatigedaBandhugaon mandal1,464 pop
- JagugudaBandhugaon mandal1,449 pop
- BandhugaonBandhugaon mandal1,225 pop
- MahagudaBandhugaon mandal1,168 pop
- SanasarupalliBandhugaon mandal1,143 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Barabankeri
Other villages in Bandhugaon mandal
View all 60+ →- Almonda
- Nilabadi
- Sorabadi
- Kumbhariput
- Hatigeda
- Jaguguda
- Bandhugaon
- Mahaguda
- Sanasarupalli
- Partingi
- Dumadangar
- Ramjiput
- Lopeta
- Kuntesu
- Kanagan
- Yesar
- Barasarupalli
- Giringikhal
- Pedawalda
- Garidi
- Bodomathur
- Turukpeta
- Gulumiguda
- Leddingi
- Ambliput
- Mekara
- Ghumura
- Kamaganda
- Jangirivalsa
- Sanmathur
- Antamara
- Palaka
- Idugumabalsa
- Singiput
- Jaguguda
- Palapusilabadi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)