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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIKRAM SISA
Contact: 63****4098
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- LGD code
- 429670
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 1,385
- Households
- 264
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Sex ratio
- 2112 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 592
Census 2011 · in context
How Balda compares
By population, Balda ranks #5 of 68 villages in Padua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.3%
+28.4% vs mandal average
- Balda
- 62.3%
- Padua mandal
- 33.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Household size
people per home
5.2
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Balda
- 5.2
- Padua mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balda at a glance
Balda is a village of 1,385 people in 264 households (Census 2011) in Padua block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 68 villages in Padua block. Literacy is 62%, 28 points above the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 2,112 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429670. The sarpanch is BIKRAM SISA, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 1,633 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Balda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balda · this village | 1,385 | 62% | — |
| Luluburu · Padua | 493 | 44% | — |
| Barapadar · Nandapur | 489 | 34% | — |
| Malibhimdola · Padua | 448 | 47% | — |
| Soput · Nandapur | 315 | 23% | — |
| Parajabhimdol · Padua | 218 | 51% | — |
| Ambel · Nandapur | 180 | 22% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balda
- 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)
- 11
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balda
- Total area (ha)
- 263
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.72
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balda
- LGD code
- 429670
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,385
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,633
- Households
- 264
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 2112
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- 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
- Padua
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)