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.
Badhia is a village in Bhograi mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha. It has a population of 174 across 52 households with a literacy rate of 79.3%. The village is located at coordinates 20.479°N, 85.086°E.
By population, Badhia ranks #222 of 271 villages in Bhograi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badhia is a village of 174 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Bhograi block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 222nd-largest of 271 villages in Bhograi block. Literacy is 79%, 4 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 27 km from Nuagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756039, served by Kakhra post office; the LGD village code is 391923. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hadabhanga Chikitsalaya, 2 km away. The sarpanch is SUBHASMITA DEY, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 205 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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