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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sujata Pradhan
Contact: 95****3616
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- LGD code
- 403899
- Pincode
- 759117
- Post office
- Kaniha
- Population
- 523
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 283
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhobapal compares
By population, Dhobapal ranks #12 of 31 villages in Samal Barrage mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.6%
Same as the mandal average
- Dhobapal
- 68.6%
- Samal Barrage mandal
- 68.6%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−44 vs mandal average
- Dhobapal
- 875
- Samal Barrage mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Dhobapal
- 4.6
- Samal Barrage mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhobapal at a glance
Dhobapal is a village of 523 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Samal Barrage block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 31 villages in Samal Barrage block. Literacy is 69%, about the same as the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759117, served by Kaniha post office; the LGD village code is 403899. The sarpanch is Sujata Pradhan, and the village votes in Telkoi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Fakir Mohan Naik. The population is estimated at 617 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhobapal · this village | 523 | 69% | — |
| Sanatribida · Kaniha | 2,015 | 68% | — |
| Chandrabil · Kaniha | 826 | 72% | — |
| Badahar · Kaniha | 417 | 77% | — |
| Sanahar · Kaniha | 358 | 74% | — |
| Ranjagol · Samal Barrage | 112 | 60% | — |
| Chandrasekharpur · Kaniha | 99 | 39% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhobapal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TALCHER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Santribida
- Total area (ha)
- 300
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 41.99
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhobapal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhobapal
- LGD code
- 403899
- Pincode
- 759117
- Post office
- Kaniha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 523
- Population (projected 2026)
- 617
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Keonjhar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Telkoi
- Member of Parliament
- Ananta Nayak
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Fakir Mohan Naik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sujata Pradhan
- Block / Mandal
- Samal Barrage
- Nearest railway station
- Sagadapata (5.0 km)
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View all 31 →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)