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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GAYATRI DORA
Contact: 77****6733
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- LGD code
- 420212
- Pincode
- 767002
- Post office
- Rajendra College (Balangir)
- Population
- 789
- Households
- 177
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 351
Census 2011 · in context
How Jaljad compares
By population, Jaljad ranks #112 of 276 villages in Balangir mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.8%
+7.8% vs mandal average
- Jaljad
- 67.8%
- Balangir mandal
- 60.0%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
−2 vs mandal average
- Jaljad
- 973
- Balangir mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Jaljad
- 4.5
- Balangir mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jaljad at a glance
Jaljad is a village of 789 people in 177 households (Census 2011) in Balangir block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 112th-largest of 276 villages in Balangir block. Literacy is 68%, 8 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767002, served by Rajendra College (Balangir) post office; the LGD village code is 420212. The sarpanch is GAYATRI DORA, and the village votes in Loisingha assembly constituency, represented by Mukesh Mahaling. The population is estimated at 930 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Jaljad
- LGD code
- 420212
- Pincode
- 767002
- Post office
- Rajendra College (Balangir)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 789
- Population (projected 2026)
- 930
- Households
- 177
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Loisingha
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mukesh Mahaling
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GAYATRI DORA
- Block / Mandal
- Balangir
Same pincode
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)