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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bala is a village in Narayanpatana mandal, Koraput district, Odisha. It has a population of 723 across 148 households with a literacy rate of 32.8%.
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- LGD code
- 428651
- Pincode
- 764014
- Post office
- Narayanpatna
- Population
- 723
- Households
- 148
- Literacy rate
- 32.8%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 396
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 334 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 510 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baiguda · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sri Rama Nursing Home · 21 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Bala ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Bala ranks #12 of 127 villages in Narayanpatana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.8%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Bala
- 32.8%
- Narayanpatana mandal
- 30.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
−62 vs mandal average
- Bala
- 981
- Narayanpatana mandal
- 1,043
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bala
- 4.9
- Narayanpatana mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bala ఒక్క చూపులో
Bala Odishaలోని Koraput జిల్లా, Narayanpatana బ్లాక్లో 723 జనాభా 148 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Narayanpatana బ్లాక్లోని 127 గ్రామాలలో 12వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 33%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 31% కంటే 2 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 981 మహిళలు. ఇది Koraput జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 32 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Ramabhadrapuram నుండి 34 కి.మీ, Baiguda రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 16 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 764014, Narayanpatna పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 428651. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Sri Rama Nursing Home, 21 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ SUNDHARI PUHALBANSI. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 852, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Talagumandi →
సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
పక్కపక్కన పోల్చండి →| గ్రామం | జనాభా | అక్షరాస్యత | దూరం |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bala · ఈ గ్రామం | 723 | 33% | — |
| Bala · Poundi-Uproda | 437 | 44% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Bala · Kelhari | 360 | 42% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Bala · Karanjia | 810 | 61% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Bala · Champua | 1,311 | 63% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Talagumandi · Narayanpatana | 724 | 9% | 1.7 కి.మీ NW |
| Chintamala · Salur | 482 | 17% | 2.4 కి.మీ SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- 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
- 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
- SUNABEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 48
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Talagumandi
- Total area (ha)
- 177
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Bala
- LGD code
- 428651
- Pincode
- 764014
- Post office
- Narayanpatna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 723
- Population (projected 2026)
- 852
- Households
- 148
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 32.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.74303°N, 83.09354°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Laxmipur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNDHARI PUHALBANSI
- Block / Mandal
- Narayanpatana
చేరుకోవడం
Bala ఎలా చేరుకోవాలి
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 34 km
≈ 1 h 9 min by car · 1 h 22 min by bike
Directionsనగరాలకు దూరం · సరళ రేఖ
- Bhubaneswar334 kmcapital
- Hyderabad510 km
- Kolkata694 km
- Chennai698 km
రకం వారీగా సమీపం · ప్రాంతంలో ఎక్కడైనా
- Railway stationBaiguda16 km
- Bus stopNanda Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCSri Rama Nursing Home21 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil18 km
- CollegeRaja college ground33 km
- Police stationRamabhadrapuram Police station35 km
అదే పిన్కోడ్
Villages sharing pincode 764014
- NarayanpatnaNarayanpatana mandal4,880 pop
- BalipetaNarayanpatana mandal1,385 pop
- ParapadarNarayanpatana mandal1,152 pop
- DekapaduNarayanpatana mandal1,144 pop
- PalaputNarayanpatana mandal981 pop
- BorigiNarayanpatana mandal930 pop
- DumusilNarayanpatana mandal920 pop
- JogipalurNarayanpatana mandal824 pop
- BariNarayanpatana mandal791 pop
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Bala సమీప గ్రామాలు
Narayanpatana మండలంలోని ఇతర గ్రామాలు
View all 60+ →- Narayanpatna
- Balipeta
- Parapadar
- Dekapadu
- Palaput
- Borigi
- Dumusil
- Jogipalur
- Bari
- Dandabari
- Talagumandi
- Tentulipadar
- Bachanaput
- Bikrampur
- Kumudasil
- Mankidi
- Jhadipadar
- Siriguda
- Kumbhari
- Panabadi
- Upargumandi
- Kanaka
- Gatigura
- Pilkur
- Langalbeda
- Bhitarapada
- Bijaghati
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- Rangamguda
- Pipalpadar
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)