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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVI NIMALA
Contact: 93****4898
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- LGD code
- 426698
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population
- 293
- Households
- 66
- Literacy rate
- 36.2%
- Sex ratio
- 674 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 133
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 253 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 587 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- government hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Parla compares
By population, Parla ranks #117 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.2%
−6.7% vs mandal average
- Parla
- 36.2%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
674
−376 vs mandal average
- Parla
- 674
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Parla
- 4.4
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parla at a glance
Parla is a village of 293 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 117th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 36%, 7 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 674 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Rayagada district centre, 58 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 19 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765029, served by Ramanaguda post office; the LGD village code is 426698. Mapped within or next to the village: high school. The sarpanch is DEVI NIMALA. The population is estimated at 2,013 in 2026, up 587% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gosaingolmunda
- Total area (ha)
- 310
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 121.99
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parla
- LGD code
- 426698
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 293
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,013
- Households
- 66
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 674
- Literacy rate
- 36.2%
- Coordinates
- 19.20745°N, 83.70107°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVI NIMALA
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Parla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar253 kmcapital
- Hyderabad587 km
- Kolkata612 km
- Chennai773 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur19 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop4 km
- Hospital / PHCgovernment hospital19 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station24 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management31 km
- Police stationl. police station31 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ High school
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Parla
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Govt High schoolHigh school<1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
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