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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHABI MAJHI
Contact: 96****8276
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- LGD code
- 422062
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population
- 680
- Households
- 186
- Literacy rate
- 37.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1012 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 484
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 354 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 541 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakhna · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- General Hospital · 21 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Junapani compares
By population, Junapani ranks #61 of 118 villages in Khariar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.9%
−12.1% vs mandal average
- Junapani
- 37.9%
- Khariar mandal
- 50.0%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,012
+4 vs mandal average
- Junapani
- 1,012
- Khariar mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Junapani
- 3.7
- Khariar mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Junapani at a glance
Junapani is a village of 680 people in 186 households (Census 2011) in Khariar block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 61st-largest of 118 villages in Khariar block. Literacy is 38%, 12 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Nuapada district centre, 34 km from Lakhna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766118, served by Duajhar post office; the LGD village code is 422062. The nearest hospital or health centre is General Hospital, 21 km away. The sarpanch is CHABI MAJHI, and the village votes in Junagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra. The population is estimated at 802 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Junapani
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- KHARIAR ROAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 81
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kirkita
- Total area (ha)
- 643
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 48.27
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Junapani
- LGD code
- 422062
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 680
- Population (projected 2026)
- 802
- Households
- 186
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1012
- Literacy rate
- 37.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.50971°N, 82.43103°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Junagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dibya Shankar Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHABI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Khariar
Getting there
How to reach Junapani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar354 kmcapital
- Hyderabad541 km
- Kolkata655 km
- Chennai857 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakhna34 km
- Hospital / PHCGeneral Hospital21 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji52 km
- Police stationchuura police thana40 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
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