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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Madhuchhanda Swain
Contact: 94****2570
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- LGD code
- 398308
- Pincode
- 754108
- Post office
- Balikuda
- Population
- 994
- Households
- 220
- Literacy rate
- 80.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 291
Census 2011 · in context
How Alavar compares
By population, Alavar ranks #53 of 236 villages in Balikuda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.2%
+3.0% vs mandal average
- Alavar
- 80.2%
- Balikuda mandal
- 77.2%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
+36 vs mandal average
- Alavar
- 1,008
- Balikuda mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Alavar
- 4.5
- Balikuda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alavar at a glance
Alavar is a village of 994 people in 220 households (Census 2011) in Balikuda block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 53rd-largest of 236 villages in Balikuda block. Literacy is 80%, 3 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754108, served by Balikuda post office; the LGD village code is 398308. The sarpanch is Madhuchhanda Swain, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 1,172 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Alavar →
Key facts — Alavar
- LGD code
- 398308
- Pincode
- 754108
- Post office
- Balikuda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 994
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,172
- Households
- 220
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 80.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Madhuchhanda Swain
- Block / Mandal
- Balikuda
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)