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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Huma is a village in Dhama mandal, Sambalpur district, Odisha, located at 21.282°N, 83.913°E. With 619 residents in 167 households, the village has a literacy rate of 64.8%. Postal code is 768113.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Elabati Pujhari
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- LGD code
- 382244
- Pincode
- 768113
- Post office
- Dhama
- Population
- 619
- Households
- 167
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 341
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 30 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 227 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 481 km
- Nearest railway station
- Godbhaga · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Larambha · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Huma compares
By population, Huma ranks #28 of 69 villages in Dhama mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.8%
−0.7% vs mandal average
- Huma
- 64.8%
- Dhama mandal
- 65.5%
- Sambalpur district
- 67.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
+29 vs mandal average
- Huma
- 997
- Dhama mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Huma
- 3.7
- Dhama mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Huma at a glance
Huma is a village of 619 people in 167 households (Census 2011) in Dhama block, Sambalpur district, Odisha, the 28th-largest of 69 villages in Dhama block. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Sambalpur district centre, 26 km from Tora, the nearest town, 16 km from Godbhaga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768113, served by Dhama post office; the LGD village code is 382244. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Larambha, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Elabati Pujhari, and the village votes in Rairakhol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanna Acharya. The population is estimated at 730 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Huma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- SAMBALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Huma
- Total area (ha)
- 254
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 175.29
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.37
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Huma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Huma
- LGD code
- 382244
- Pincode
- 768113
- Post office
- Dhama
- Population (Census 2011)
- 619
- Population (projected 2026)
- 730
- Households
- 167
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Coordinates
- 21.28188°N, 83.91302°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rairakhol
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prasanna Acharya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Elabati Pujhari
- Block / Mandal
- Dhama
Getting there
How to reach Huma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar227 kmcapital
- Kolkata481 km
- Hyderabad715 km
- Chennai990 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGodbhaga16 km
- Bus stopDhanupali Bus Stop20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Larambha11 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India16 km
- Petrol pumpHP21 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground21 km
- Police stationPolice Station27 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Huma
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Huma Leaning TemplTemple<1 km ↗
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)