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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
GANESH BEHERA
Contact: 97****2127
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- LGD code
- 408742
- Pincode
- 752104
- Post office
- Pipili
- Population
- 708
- Households
- 149
- Literacy rate
- 79.9%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 247
Census 2011 · in context
How Podaguna compares
By population, Podaguna ranks #63 of 204 villages in Pipili mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.9%
+2.6% vs mandal average
Podaguna79.9%
Pipili mandal77.3%
Puri district76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−54 vs mandal average
Podaguna903
Pipili mandal957
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
Podaguna4.8
Pipili mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podaguna at a glance
Podaguna is a village of 708 people in 149 households (Census 2011) in Pipili block, Puri district, Odisha, the 63rd-largest of 204 villages in Pipili block. Literacy is 80%, 3 points above the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752104, served by Pipili post office; the LGD village code is 408742. The sarpanch is GANESH BEHERA, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 835 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hatasahi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podaguna · this village | 708 | 80% | — |
| Hatasahi · Pipili | 2,261 | 78% | — |
| Makundapur · Pipili | 1,546 | 75% | — |
| Bantalasingha · Pipili | 1,371 | 77% | — |
| Bantalasingadeuli · Pipili | 729 | 78% | — |
| Nahanga · Pipili | 662 | 74% | — |
| Uttarasahi · Pipili | 521 | 77% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Podaguna
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- PIPILI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Hatasahi
- Total area (ha)
- 184
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Podaguna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Podaguna
- LGD code
- 408742
- Pincode
- 752104
- Post office
- Pipili
- Population (Census 2011)
- 708
- Population (projected 2026)
- 835
- Households
- 149
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 79.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanjanagar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GANESH BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Pipili
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 752104
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Podaguna
Other villages in Pipili mandal
View all 60+ →- Dandamukunda Pur
- Rupadeipur
- Nuasasan
- Jagannathpur
- Mangalapur Uttarbad
- Panidola
- Hatasahi
- Pubasasan
- Alarapur
- Rathapurusottampur
- Siula
- Durgadasapur
- Jasuapur
- Sampur
- Thana Thana
- Kantikothabada
- Laxminarayanpur
- Uttarasasan
- Saraswatipur
- Chandradeipur
- Patasahanipur
- Makundapur
- Bharatipur
- Nizigada-Kurukhi
- Bantalasingha
- Bilipada
- Bageswarpur
- Anantapur
- Kunjar
- Nirmala
- Subalapur
- Matiapada No-1
- Kothasahi
- Jaguliapara
- Aruha
- Podanga
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)