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September 2026
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Odisha: Three girls drown in Sankh river during Karma Puja preparations in Sundargarh
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIRENDRA BARLA
Contact: 73****9475
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- LGD code
- 384121
- Pincode
- 770016
- Post office
- Bargaon (Sundergarh)
- Population
- 1,245
- Households
- 297
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 772
- Distance to district centre
- 153 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 317 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 597 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakhna · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dhandamunda · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jharmunda compares
By population, Jharmunda ranks #17 of 71 villages in Baragaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.9%
−1.3% vs mandal average
Jharmunda59.9%
Baragaon mandal61.2%
Sundargarh district64.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+47 vs mandal average
Jharmunda1,048
Baragaon mandal1,001
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
Jharmunda4.2
Baragaon mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jharmunda at a glance
Jharmunda is a village of 1,245 people in 297 households (Census 2011) in Baragaon block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 17th-largest of 71 villages in Baragaon block. Literacy is 60%, 1 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 153 km from the Sundargarh district centre, 32 km from Lakhna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 770016, served by Bargaon (Sundergarh) post office; the LGD village code is 384121. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dhandamunda, 18 km away. The sarpanch is BIRENDRA BARLA. The population is estimated at 1,468 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jharmunda
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- 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
- SUNDARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jarangloi
- Total area (ha)
- 535
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 94.76
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jharmunda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jharmunda
- LGD code
- 384121
- Pincode
- 770016
- Post office
- Bargaon (Sundergarh)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,245
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,468
- Households
- 297
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.95064°N, 82.85755°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIRENDRA BARLA
- Block / Mandal
- Baragaon
Getting there
How to reach Jharmunda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar317 kmcapital
- Kolkata597 km
- Hyderabad606 km
- Chennai917 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakhna32 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dhandamunda18 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum37 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji56 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)