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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
LOKANATHA THAPA
Contact: 77****2931
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- LGD code
- 420877
- Pincode
- 767060
- Post office
- Turekela
- Population
- 286
- Households
- 89
- Literacy rate
- 29.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 108
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhusamunda compares
By population, Dhusamunda ranks #36 of 43 villages in Turekela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.4%
−9.8% vs mandal average
- Dhusamunda
- 29.4%
- Turekela mandal
- 39.2%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
−17 vs mandal average
- Dhusamunda
- 1,014
- Turekela mandal
- 1,031
Household size
people per home
3.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Dhusamunda
- 3.2
- Turekela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhusamunda at a glance
Dhusamunda is a village of 286 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Turekela block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 36th-largest of 43 villages in Turekela block. Literacy is 29%, 10 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767060, served by Turekela post office; the LGD village code is 420877. The sarpanch is LOKANATHA THAPA, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dhusamunda
- LGD code
- 420877
- Pincode
- 767060
- Post office
- Turekela
- Population (Census 2011)
- 286
- Population (projected 2026)
- 337
- Households
- 89
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 29.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LOKANATHA THAPA
- Block / Mandal
- Turekela
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 767060
Other villages in Turekela mandal
View all 42+ →- Larki
- Badbanki
- Mahakhand
- Kuhibahal
- Baddakla
- Muribahal
- Budhibahal
- Charpani
- Khutulumunda
- Kandei
- Hial
- Ghunesh
- Kushpali
- Salemudgaon
- Kameimunda
- Dholmandal
- Khujen
- Bhalukuna
- Mundkani
- Bahabal
- Mandala
- Sanbanki
- Tentelkhunti
- Malpamunda
- Banjipali
- Bariali
- Salepara
- Gargadbahal
- Gabhara
- Jamki
- Debriamunda
- Bandhanpali
- Patimal
- Bharuakani
- Damnichuan
- Gurjibhata
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)