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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIKRAM SISA
Contact: 63****4098
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- LGD code
- 429665
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 180
- Households
- 48
- Literacy rate
- 22.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1466 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 97
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 382 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 461 km
- Nearest railway station
- Machkunda Road · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- ECHS Poly Clinic · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ambel compares
By population, Ambel ranks #143 of 215 villages in Nandapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
22.2%
−12.1% vs mandal average
Ambel22.2%
Nandapur mandal34.3%
Koraput district41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,466
+412 vs mandal average
Ambel1,466
Nandapur mandal1,054
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
Ambel3.8
Nandapur mandal3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ambel at a glance
Ambel is a village of 180 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 143rd-largest of 215 villages in Nandapur block. Literacy is 22%, 12 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,466 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Koraput district centre, 5 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429665. The nearest hospital or health centre is ECHS Poly Clinic, 22 km away. The sarpanch is BIKRAM SISA, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 212 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ambel
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 59
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balda
- Total area (ha)
- 66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ambel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ambel
- LGD code
- 429665
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 180
- Population (projected 2026)
- 212
- Households
- 48
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1466
- Literacy rate
- 22.2%
- Coordinates
- 18.61389°N, 82.65085°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIKRAM SISA
- Block / Mandal
- Nandapur
Getting there
How to reach Ambel
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar382 kmcapital
- Hyderabad461 km
- Chennai666 km
- Kolkata740 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMachkunda Road5 km
- Bus stopLamtaput Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCECHS Poly Clinic22 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank22 km
- Police stationKoraput police station23 km
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- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)