By population, Jokananda ranks #143 of 192 villages in Nilagiri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jokananda is a village of 183 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Nilagiri block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 143rd-largest of 192 villages in Nilagiri block. Literacy is 75%, 15 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756045, served by Soro post office; the LGD village code is 393167. The sarpanch is RANJITA DANDAPAT, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 216 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jadida →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jokananda · this village | 183 | 75% | — |
| Podasul · Nilagiri | 1,996 | 61% | — |
| Jaganathapur · Nilagiri | 394 | 76% | — |
| Kharadia · Nilagiri | 358 | 86% | — |
| Jadida · Nilagiri | 91 | 91% | — |
| Maldiha · Nilagiri | 15 | 67% | — |
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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