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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
- 420876
- Pincode
- 767060
- Post office
- Turekela
- Population
- 933
- Households
- 251
- Literacy rate
- 33.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1083 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 353
Census 2011 · in context
How Hial compares
By population, Hial ranks #11 of 43 villages in Turekela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.4%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Hial
- 33.4%
- Turekela mandal
- 39.2%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,083
+52 vs mandal average
- Hial
- 1,083
- Turekela mandal
- 1,031
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Hial
- 3.7
- Turekela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hial at a glance
Hial is a village of 933 people in 251 households (Census 2011) in Turekela block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 11th-largest of 43 villages in Turekela block. Literacy is 33%, 6 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,083 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767060, served by Turekela post office; the LGD village code is 420876. The sarpanch is LOKANATHA THAPA, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 1,100 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hial →
Key facts — Hial
- LGD code
- 420876
- Pincode
- 767060
- Post office
- Turekela
- Population (Census 2011)
- 933
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,100
- Households
- 251
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1083
- Literacy rate
- 33.4%
- 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
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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)