Begunia is a small village in Khaira mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha, with a population of 223 across 57 households. The village has a notably high literacy rate of 85.2% and is located at coordinates 20.201°N, 85.452°E.
By population, Begunia ranks #206 of 310 villages in Khaira mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Begunia is a village of 223 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Khaira block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 206th-largest of 310 villages in Khaira block. Literacy is 85%, 13 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 813 women per 1,000 men. It lies 63 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 3 km from Begunia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756048, served by Khaira (Baleswar) post office; the LGD village code is 393528. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Podadiha, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MAMATA BEHERA, and the village votes in Begunia assembly constituency, represented by Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu. The population is estimated at 263 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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