Child trafficking racket busted at Balasore Station; five minors rescued, agents detained
Child trafficking racket busted at Balasore Station; five minors rescued, agents detained (via Odisha TV). Read the full story at the source.
Panchpada observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Panchpada ranks #9 of 353 villages in Basta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panchpada is a village of 2,434 people in 513 households (Census 2011) in Basta block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 9th-largest of 353 villages in Basta block. Literacy is 70%, 1 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. It lies 103 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 5 km from Bhadrak Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756027, served by Haldipada post office; the LGD village code is 392579. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chirag Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SUSMITA DAS, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 2,870 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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