By population, Barkana ranks #127 of 200 villages in Jaleswar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkana is a village of 219 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Jaleswar block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 127th-largest of 200 villages in Jaleswar block. Literacy is 71%, 3 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756086, served by Jaleswar Railway Station post office; the LGD village code is 391524. The sarpanch is SAUBHASMITA DAS, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 258 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkana · this village | 219 | 71% | — |
| Rayaramachandrapur · Jaleswar | 2,960 | 71% | — |
| Gobardhanpur · Jaleswar | 1,630 | 68% | — |
| Ektali · Jaleswar | 1,292 | 74% | — |
| Baghamari · Jaleswar | 1,161 | 63% | — |
| Chaughani · Jaleswar | 258 | 81% | — |
| Jamalapur · Jaleswar | 0 | — | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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