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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRIYABRATA PRADHANI
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- LGD code
- 421095
- Pincode
- 767032
- Post office
- Saintala
- Population
- 1,060
- Households
- 235
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 405
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 199 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 488 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sonepur · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahanadi Eye Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bandupala compares
By population, Bandupala ranks #32 of 189 villages in Saintala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
−1.3% vs mandal average
- Bandupala
- 53.0%
- Saintala mandal
- 54.3%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
−33 vs mandal average
- Bandupala
- 959
- Saintala mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Bandupala
- 4.5
- Saintala mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandupala at a glance
Bandupala is a village of 1,060 people in 235 households (Census 2011) in Saintala block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 32nd-largest of 189 villages in Saintala block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Balangir district centre, 15 km from Sonepur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 767032, served by Saintala post office; the LGD village code is 421095. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahanadi Eye Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is PRIYABRATA PRADHANI, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 1,250 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bandupala
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KANTABANJI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chalki
- Total area (ha)
- 501
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 325.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bandupala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bandupala
- LGD code
- 421095
- Pincode
- 767032
- Post office
- Saintala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,060
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,250
- Households
- 235
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.86339°N, 84.01580°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRIYABRATA PRADHANI
- Block / Mandal
- Saintala
Getting there
How to reach Bandupala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar199 kmcapital
- Kolkata488 km
- Hyderabad698 km
- Chennai952 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSonepur15 km
- Hospital / PHCMahanadi Eye Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankPNB3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bandupala
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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View all 60+ →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)