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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Hrusikesh Samal
Contact: 97****3200
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- LGD code
- 403852
- Pincode
- 759100
- Post office
- Talcher
- Population
- 1,082
- Households
- 300
- Literacy rate
- 62.8%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 364
Census 2011 · in context
How Karnapal compares
By population, Karnapal ranks #8 of 31 villages in Samal Barrage mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.8%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Karnapal
- 62.8%
- Samal Barrage mandal
- 68.6%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
+31 vs mandal average
- Karnapal
- 950
- Samal Barrage mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Karnapal
- 3.6
- Samal Barrage mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karnapal at a glance
Karnapal is a village of 1,082 people in 300 households (Census 2011) in Samal Barrage block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 8th-largest of 31 villages in Samal Barrage block. Literacy is 63%, 6 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759100, served by Talcher post office; the LGD village code is 403852. The sarpanch is Hrusikesh Samal, and the village votes in Telkoi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Fakir Mohan Naik. The population is estimated at 1,276 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karanapal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karnapal · this village | 1,082 | 63% | — |
| Seepur · Samal Barrage | 2,627 | 64% | — |
| Kusumpal · Kaniha | 609 | 64% | — |
| Balipasi · Samal Barrage | 0 | — | — |
| Patramunda · Samal Barrage | 0 | — | — |
| Ramachandrapur · Kaniha | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karnapal
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karnapal
- Total area (ha)
- 349
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 122.22
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karnapal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karnapal
- LGD code
- 403852
- Pincode
- 759100
- Post office
- Talcher
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,082
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,276
- Households
- 300
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 62.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Keonjhar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Telkoi
- Member of Parliament
- Ananta Nayak
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Fakir Mohan Naik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Hrusikesh Samal
- Block / Mandal
- Samal Barrage
- Nearest railway station
- Sagadapata (5.0 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759100
- KankiliTalcher Sadar mandal4,200 pop
- SeepurSamal Barrage mandal2,627 pop
- GahamKaniha mandal2,504 pop
- ArkiliRengali Damsite mandal2,131 pop
- BiruSamal Barrage mandal1,858 pop
- ParabilKaniha mandal1,858 pop
- KumundaTalcher Sadar mandal1,838 pop
- SaradhapurSamal Barrage mandal1,807 pop
- Kukudula (Part)Talcher Sadar mandal1,800 pop
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Other villages named Karnapal
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Karnapal
Other villages in Samal Barrage mandal
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)