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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DIPIKA BEHERA
Contact: 93****7619
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- LGD code
- 422042
- Pincode
- 766107
- Post office
- Khariar
- Population
- 551
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 48.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1064 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 381
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 311 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 558 km
- Nearest railway station
- Muribahal · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Duajhar · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chandel compares
By population, Chandel ranks #72 of 118 villages in Khariar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.8%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Chandel
- 48.8%
- Khariar mandal
- 50.0%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,064
+56 vs mandal average
- Chandel
- 1,064
- Khariar mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chandel
- 4.2
- Khariar mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chandel at a glance
Chandel is a village of 551 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Khariar block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 72nd-largest of 118 villages in Khariar block. Literacy is 49%, 1 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,064 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Nuapada district centre, 24 km from Muribahal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766107, served by Khariar post office; the LGD village code is 422042. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Duajhar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is DIPIKA BEHERA, and the village votes in Junagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra. The population is estimated at 650 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dohelpada →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandel · this village | 551 | 49% | — |
| Chandel · Sinapali | 202 | 43% | 0 km N |
| Dohelpada · Khariar | 979 | 51% | 1.5 km SE |
| Bahalpadar · Balangir | 1,472 | 56% | 1.6 km W |
| Bahalpadar · Khariar | 423 | 56% | 1.6 km W |
| Risgaon · Nagri | 891 | 64% | 3.3 km NW |
| Pakhansara · Khariar | 467 | 48% | 4 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chandel
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- KHARIAR ROAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Khasbahal
- Total area (ha)
- 132
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chandel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chandel
- LGD code
- 422042
- Pincode
- 766107
- Post office
- Khariar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 551
- Population (projected 2026)
- 650
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1064
- Literacy rate
- 48.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.24506°N, 82.84388°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Junagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dibya Shankar Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DIPIKA BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Khariar
Getting there
How to reach Chandel
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar311 kmcapital
- Hyderabad558 km
- Kolkata627 km
- Chennai842 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMuribahal24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Duajhar9 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump25 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji24 km
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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)