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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
BHARAT SWAIN
Contact: 94****4254
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- LGD code
- 409924
- Pincode
- 752011
- Post office
- Brahmagiri
- Population
- 645
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 82%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 198
Census 2011 · in context
How Parikula compares
By population, Parikula ranks #78 of 179 villages in Brahmagiri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
82.0%
+7.4% vs mandal average
- Parikula
- 82.0%
- Brahmagiri mandal
- 74.6%
- Puri district
- 76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
−13 vs mandal average
- Parikula
- 960
- Brahmagiri mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Parikula
- 5.2
- Brahmagiri mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parikula at a glance
Parikula is a village of 645 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Brahmagiri block, Puri district, Odisha, the 78th-largest of 179 villages in Brahmagiri block. Literacy is 82%, 7 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752011, served by Brahmagiri post office; the LGD village code is 409924. The sarpanch is BHARAT SWAIN, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 760 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dimirisona →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parikula · this village | 645 | 82% | — |
| Ramchandrapur · Brahmagiri | 1,950 | 65% | — |
| Dimirisena · Brahmagiri | 1,938 | 75% | — |
| Budhanga · Brahmagiri | 1,018 | 79% | — |
| Raikera · Brahmagiri | 100 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parikula
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PURI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dimirisena
- Total area (ha)
- 94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parikula
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parikula
- LGD code
- 409924
- Pincode
- 752011
- Post office
- Brahmagiri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 645
- Population (projected 2026)
- 760
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 82.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHARAT SWAIN
- Block / Mandal
- Brahmagiri
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 752011
- RebananuagaonBrahmagiri mandal4,110 pop
- TalamalaBrahmagiri mandal4,019 pop
- AlarpurBrahmagiri mandal3,177 pop
- BijipurBrahmagiri mandal3,161 pop
- BrahmagiriBrahmagiri mandal2,453 pop
- DharanikudiBrahmagiri mandal2,286 pop
- PalankaBrahmagiri mandal2,234 pop
- KandagodaBrahmagiri mandal2,186 pop
- SrikatanuapadaBrahmagiri mandal2,124 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Parikula
Other villages in Brahmagiri mandal
View all 60+ →- Manikapatna
- Rebananuagaon
- Talamala
- Badabenakudi
- Alarpur
- Bijipur
- Satapada
- Brahmagiri
- Gopinathpur
- Dharanikudi
- Palanka
- Kandagoda
- Srikatanuapada
- Ghatakudi
- Nijigadakokal
- Ramchandrapur
- Dimirisena
- Panasapada
- Rameswarapur
- Golara
- Bhandarikuda
- Badabandhakera
- Jenapur
- Gagadala
- Rahadamala
- Bhagabanpur
- Chapamanik
- Gadarodanga
- Nuagan
- Torana
- Siara
- Chhotapur
- Sipasurubili-1
- Palli
- Hatia
- Krishnasaranpur
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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)