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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MITHILA NAIK
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- LGD code
- 421901
- Pincode
- 766106
- Post office
- Komna
- Population
- 817
- Households
- 187
- Literacy rate
- 51.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1027 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 421
Census 2011 · in context
How Balenjar compares
By population, Balenjar ranks #68 of 159 villages in Komna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.2%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Balenjar
- 51.2%
- Komna mandal
- 46.3%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,027
−5 vs mandal average
- Balenjar
- 1,027
- Komna mandal
- 1,032
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Balenjar
- 4.4
- Komna mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balenjar at a glance
Balenjar is a village of 817 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Komna block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 68th-largest of 159 villages in Komna block. Literacy is 51%, 5 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,027 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 766106, served by Komna post office; the LGD village code is 421901. The sarpanch is MITHILA NAIK, and the village votes in Nuapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajendra Dholakia. The population is estimated at 963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Konabira →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balenjar · this village | 817 | 51% | — |
| Konabira · Komna | 1,238 | 42% | — |
| Pandelbahali · Komna | 1,063 | 42% | — |
| Dumerbahal · Komna | 890 | 42% | — |
| Bodachhapar · Komna | 704 | 47% | — |
| Birunpadar · Komna | 526 | 37% | — |
| Bahalmunda · Komna | 520 | 37% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balenjar
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHARIAR ROAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 56
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Konabira
- Total area (ha)
- 281
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 34.94
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balenjar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balenjar
- LGD code
- 421901
- Pincode
- 766106
- Post office
- Komna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 817
- Population (projected 2026)
- 963
- Households
- 187
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1027
- Literacy rate
- 51.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nuapada
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajendra Dholakia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MITHILA NAIK
- Block / Mandal
- Komna
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 766106
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balenjar
Other villages in Komna mandal
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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)