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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
BANITA PRADHAN
Contact: 99****7630
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- LGD code
- 393474
- Pincode
- 756047
- Post office
- Turigaria
- Population
- 663
- Households
- 165
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 207
Census 2011 · in context
How Kusundaspur compares
By population, Kusundaspur ranks #74 of 310 villages in Khaira mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
−1.6% vs mandal average
Kusundaspur70.4%
Khaira mandal72.0%
Baleshwar district69.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−60 vs mandal average
Kusundaspur956
Khaira mandal1,016
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
Kusundaspur4.0
Khaira mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kusundaspur at a glance
Kusundaspur is a village of 663 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Khaira block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 74th-largest of 310 villages in Khaira block. Literacy is 70%, 2 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756047, served by Turigaria post office; the LGD village code is 393474. The sarpanch is BANITA PRADHAN, and the village votes in Begunia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu. The population is estimated at 782 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shyamsundarpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusundaspur · this village | 663 | 70% | — |
| Srirampur · Khaira | 1,306 | 71% | — |
| Shyamasundarpur · Khaira | 1,304 | 76% | — |
| Randakhajuri · Khaira | 752 | 73% | — |
| Chakapada · Khaira | 599 | 75% | — |
| Parbatipur · Khaira | 594 | 80% | — |
| Jhatia · Khaira | 492 | 71% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kusundaspur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- SORO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Shyamsundarpur
- Total area (ha)
- 129
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.36
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kusundaspur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kusundaspur
- LGD code
- 393474
- Pincode
- 756047
- Post office
- Turigaria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 663
- Population (projected 2026)
- 782
- Households
- 165
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhubaneswar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begunia
- Member of Parliament
- Aparajita Sarangi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BANITA PRADHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Khaira
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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