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Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRANGYA MOHANTY
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- LGD code
- 392499
- Pincode
- 756029
- Post office
- Basta
- Population
- 304
- Households
- 71
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1068 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 104
Census 2011 · in context
How Rajuapara compares
By population, Rajuapara ranks #190 of 353 villages in Basta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+4.0% vs mandal average
Rajuapara72.7%
Basta mandal68.7%
Baleshwar district69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,068
+123 vs mandal average
Rajuapara1,068
Basta mandal945
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
Rajuapara4.3
Basta mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajuapara at a glance
Rajuapara is a village of 304 people in 71 households (Census 2011) in Basta block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 190th-largest of 353 villages in Basta block. Literacy is 73%, 4 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,068 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756029, served by Basta post office; the LGD village code is 392499. The sarpanch is PRANGYA MOHANTY, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 358 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rajuapara
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JALESWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Naikudi
- Total area (ha)
- 21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rajuapara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rajuapara
- LGD code
- 392499
- Pincode
- 756029
- Post office
- Basta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 304
- Population (projected 2026)
- 358
- Households
- 71
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1068
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRANGYA MOHANTY
- Block / Mandal
- Basta
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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
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