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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TUKARAM HIAL
Contact: 70****2509
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- LGD code
- 422055
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population
- 306
- Households
- 84
- Literacy rate
- 32%
- Sex ratio
- 1040 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 184
- Distance to district centre
- 161 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 120 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 246 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 592 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bissamcuttack · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bisam · 26 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palama compares
By population, Palama ranks #104 of 118 villages in Khariar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.0%
−18.0% vs mandal average
- Palama
- 32.0%
- Khariar mandal
- 50.0%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,040
+32 vs mandal average
- Palama
- 1,040
- Khariar mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Palama
- 3.6
- Khariar mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palama at a glance
Palama is a village of 306 people in 84 households (Census 2011) in Khariar block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 104th-largest of 118 villages in Khariar block. Literacy is 32%, 18 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. It lies 161 km from the Nuapada district centre, 29 km from Bissamcuttack railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766118, served by Duajhar post office; the LGD village code is 422055. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bisam, 26 km away. The sarpanch is TUKARAM HIAL, and the village votes in Junagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra. The population is estimated at 361 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palama
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ranimunda
- Total area (ha)
- 231
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palama
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palama
- LGD code
- 422055
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 306
- Population (projected 2026)
- 361
- Households
- 84
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1040
- Literacy rate
- 32.0%
- Coordinates
- 19.35518°N, 83.69774°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Junagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dibya Shankar Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TUKARAM HIAL
- Block / Mandal
- Khariar
Getting there
How to reach Palama
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar246 kmcapital
- Hyderabad592 km
- Kolkata602 km
- Chennai788 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBissamcuttack29 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bisam26 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India35 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station40 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management39 km
- Police stationl. police station35 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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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