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Door-to-Door Survey ahead of Odisha Panchayat, Municipal Elections 2027
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MADANA MAHAKUR
Contact: 63****1004
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- LGD code
- 419081
- Pincode
- 767019
- Post office
- Binka
- Population
- 1,522
- Households
- 408
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 879 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 768
Census 2011 · in context
How Meghala compares
By population, Meghala ranks #13 of 90 villages in Binika mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+0.6% vs mandal average
Meghala66.7%
Binika mandal66.1%
Sonepur district65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
879
−74 vs mandal average
Meghala879
Binika mandal953
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
Meghala3.7
Binika mandal3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Meghala at a glance
Meghala is a village of 1,522 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Binika block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 13th-largest of 90 villages in Binika block. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767019, served by Binka post office; the LGD village code is 419081. The sarpanch is MADANA MAHAKUR, and the village votes in Narla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manorama Mohanty. The population is estimated at 1,794 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Maghala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meghala · this village | 1,522 | 67% | — |
| Sahajbahal · Binika | 858 | 53% | — |
| Jashapur · Binika | 732 | 63% | — |
| Sialjuri · Dunguripali | 130 | 88% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Meghala
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BINIKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Meghala
- Total area (ha)
- 394
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 284.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Meghala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Meghala
- LGD code
- 419081
- Pincode
- 767019
- Post office
- Binka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,522
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,794
- Households
- 408
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 879
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narla
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manorama Mohanty
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MADANA MAHAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Binika
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Gyanaranjan Mahapatra (6.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 767019
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Meghala
Other villages in Binika 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)