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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
NARIN KALET
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- LGD code
- 421023
- Pincode
- 767032
- Post office
- Saintala
- Population
- 150
- Households
- 38
- Literacy rate
- 43.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1055 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 96
Census 2011 · in context
How Merabahal compares
By population, Merabahal ranks #171 of 189 villages in Saintala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.3%
−11.0% vs mandal average
- Merabahal
- 43.3%
- Saintala mandal
- 54.3%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,055
+63 vs mandal average
- Merabahal
- 1,055
- Saintala mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
3.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Merabahal
- 3.9
- Saintala mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Merabahal at a glance
Merabahal is a village of 150 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Saintala block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 171st-largest of 189 villages in Saintala block. Literacy is 43%, 11 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,055 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767032, served by Saintala post office; the LGD village code is 421023. The sarpanch is NARIN KALET, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by Raghunath Jagadala.
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Key facts — Merabahal
- LGD code
- 421023
- Pincode
- 767032
- Post office
- Saintala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 150
- Population (projected 2026)
- 177
- Households
- 38
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1055
- Literacy rate
- 43.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NARIN KALET
- Block / Mandal
- Saintala
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 767032
Other villages in Saintala mandal
View all 60+ →- Saintala
- Ghunsar
- Siskela
- Tikrapara
- Phapsi
- Belgaon
- Chhanchhada
- Kuikeda
- Kansar
- Kuanrgaon
- Dharapgarh
- Kumbhari
- Gandapatrapali
- Kandhkelgaon
- Chalki
- Kangarlaga
- Khasbahal
- Remenda
- Godighat
- Kurlubahal
- Dabjor
- Ghusuramunda
- Kusamkhal
- Kusmal
- Karamtula
- Dukerchanchara
- Ghantamal
- Samara
- Brahmani
- Kenduudar
- Kandhulba
- Bandupala
- Deogaon
- Deng
- Burda
- Tustapali
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)