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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Balapadu is a village in Seskhal mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha. The village has a population of 173 in 39 households, with a literacy rate of 11%, and PIN code 765016.
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- LGD code
- 426575
- Pincode
- 765016
- Post office
- K.Singhpur
- Population
- 173
- Households
- 39
- Literacy rate
- 11%
- Sex ratio
- 1507 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 107
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 289 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 550 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ladda · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home · 8 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Balapadu ची तुलना
By population, Balapadu ranks #61 of 92 villages in Seskhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
11.0%
−21.2% vs mandal average
Balapadu11.0%
Seskhal mandal32.2%
Rayagada district42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,507
+392 vs mandal average
Balapadu1,507
Seskhal mandal1,115
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
Balapadu4.4
Seskhal mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balapadu एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Balapadu हे ओडिशाच्या रायगड जिल्ह्यातील Seskhal ब्लॉकमधील 173 लोकसंख्येचे 39 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Seskhal ब्लॉकमधील 92 गावांत 61वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 11% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 32% पेक्षा 21 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 1,507 स्त्रिया. हे रायगड जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 27 किमी, जवळचे शहर Veeraghattamपासून 53 किमी, Ladda रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 5 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 765016 आहे, K.Singhpur पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 426575 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home, 8 किमी अंतरावर. सरपंच KAMESWARE RAO TADINGI आहेत. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 204, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balapadu
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 11
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 59
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Badairukubadi
- Total area (ha)
- 175
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 23.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balapadu
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मुख्य माहिती — Balapadu
- LGD code
- 426575
- Pincode
- 765016
- Post office
- K.Singhpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 173
- Population (projected 2026)
- 204
- Households
- 39
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1507
- Literacy rate
- 11.0%
- Coordinates
- 19.10602°N, 83.36534°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KAMESWARE RAO TADINGI
- Block / Mandal
- Seskhal
जाण्याचा मार्ग
Balapadu ला कसे जायचे
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 53 km
≈ 1 h 49 min by car · 2 h 9 min by bike
Directionsशहरांपासूनचे अंतर · सरळ रेषा
- Bhubaneswar289 kmcapital
- Hyderabad550 km
- Kolkata647 km
- Chennai747 km
प्रकारानुसार जवळचे · प्रदेशात कुठेही
- Railway stationLadda5 km
- Bus stopLadda Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCKumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home8 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum38 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management6 km
- Police stationl. police station11 km
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 765016
- PalamaKalyanasingpur mandal1,084 pop
- BijayanagarKalyanasingpur mandal963 pop
- SingariKalyanasingpur mandal846 pop
- SunakhandiKalyanasingpur mandal843 pop
- SulipadarKalyanasingpur mandal825 pop
- BadanaikgudaKalyanasingpur mandal817 pop
- BadaduarsahiKalyanasingpur mandal807 pop
- KatagudaKalyanasingpur mandal756 pop
- BhaleriKalyanasingpur mandal690 pop
Balapadu जवळची गावे
Seskhal मंडळ मधील इतर गावे
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- Durgapadu
- Jimidipeta
- Kusa
- Pitamahal
- Champikota
- Brahaminhaluva
- Gajigam
- Siguru (Bariguda)
- Lumbesu
- Jangili
- Kundam
- Hatasakhal
- Bodohonsa
- Sulobha
- Badaraising
- Kodulujimidi
- Baisingi
- Sanasandhubadi
- Gurusubadi
- Kunjabadi (Boiragiguda)
- Goudakhilum
- Achava
- Khilimisiguda
- Kodapadi
- Sikabadi
- Dangolodi
- Badairipibadi
- Pratap Pur
- Derkapadu
- Anakha
- Hajaridanga
- Jangidi
- Badasandhubadi
- Gururajguda
- Regalpadu
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)