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Odisha: Three panchayat officials arrested for bungling Rs 16.76 lakh old-age pension fund in Baleshwar
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- LGD code
- 392610
- Pincode
- 756028
- Post office
- Rupsa
- Population
- 780
- Households
- 158
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 260
- Distance to district centre
- 176 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 120 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 193 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 174 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rupsa Junction · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Paiksahi Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Badajahata compares
By population, Badajahata ranks #79 of 353 villages in Basta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.1%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Badajahata
- 72.1%
- Basta mandal
- 68.7%
- Baleshwar district
- 69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−52 vs mandal average
- Badajahata
- 893
- Basta mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Badajahata
- 4.9
- Basta mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badajahata at a glance
Badajahata is a village of 780 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Basta block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 79th-largest of 353 villages in Basta block. Literacy is 72%, 3 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 176 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 56 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 1 km from Rupsa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756028, served by Rupsa post office; the LGD village code is 392610. The nearest hospital or health centre is Paiksahi Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 920 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badajahata
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALESHWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gadapada
- Total area (ha)
- 180
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.33
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badajahata
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Key facts — Badajahata
- LGD code
- 392610
- Pincode
- 756028
- Post office
- Rupsa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 780
- Population (projected 2026)
- 920
- Households
- 158
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.63333°N, 87.01667°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Block / Mandal
- Basta
- Nearest railway station
- Rupsa Junction (1.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Badajahata
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar193 kmcapital
- Kolkata174 km
- Hyderabad1011 km
- Chennai1190 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRupsa Junction1 km
- Bus stopBalasore New Bus Stop17 km
- Hospital / PHCPaiksahi Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankIndian Overseas Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpHP18 km
- CollegeRadho College45 km
- Police stationTown Police Station Balasore17 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Rupsa Junction1.2 km
- Health centre
- Paiksahi Hospital5.0 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)