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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJULATA MALLICK
Contact: 76****3001
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- LGD code
- 416655
- Pincode
- 762110
- Post office
- Barakhama
- Population
- 337
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 49%
- Sex ratio
- 1146 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 185
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Balakia താരതമ്യം
By population, Balakia ranks #60 of 328 villages in Baliguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.0%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Balakia
- 49.0%
- Baliguda mandal
- 46.5%
- Kandhamal district
- 54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,146
+96 vs mandal average
- Balakia
- 1,146
- Baliguda mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Balakia
- 5.2
- Baliguda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balakia ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Balakia Odishaയിലെ Kandhamal ജില്ല, Baliguda ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 337 പേർ 65 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Baliguda ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 328 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 60-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 49%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 47% നേക്കാൾ 3 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,146 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 762110, Barakhama പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 416655. പഞ്ചായത്ത് പ്രസിഡന്റ് RANJULATA MALLICK. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 397, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Rebingia →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balakia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- G. UDAYAGIRI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 87
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 103
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Rebingia
- Total area (ha)
- 131
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 92.77
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balakia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Balakia
- LGD code
- 416655
- Pincode
- 762110
- Post office
- Barakhama
- Population (Census 2011)
- 337
- Population (projected 2026)
- 397
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1146
- Literacy rate
- 49.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJULATA MALLICK
- Block / Mandal
- Baliguda
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 762110
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balakia
Baliguda മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 60+ →- Barakhama
- Mahasingi
- Budaguda
- Bataguda
- Sindrigan
- Sudra
- Rebingia
- Mediakia
- Kutikia
- Dumurisahi
- Karnibera
- Dadakangia
- Burangia
- Melisikia
- Pusangia
- Ganjupadi
- Rutungia
- Badagan
- Daka
- Sautikia
- Solaguda
- Anagula
- Kambarkia
- Katrikia
- Khamanakhola
- Balimusti
- Kunamaha
- Landagan
- Nadapatang
- Padmapadar
- Gumapadar
- Gatngi
- Badrukia
- Ghodabali
- Mutabali
- Gegurpadar
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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)