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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
LS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LATA SETH
Contact: 99****0514
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- LGD code
- 380816
- Pincode
- 768045
- Post office
- Bhukta
- Population
- 1,087
- Households
- 277
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1090 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 607
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 289 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 526 km
- Nearest railway station
- SECR · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sanjeevani Poly Care Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Muchhmalda compares
By population, Muchhmalda ranks #12 of 109 villages in Ambabhona mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.7%
−8.1% vs mandal average
- Muchhmalda
- 61.7%
- Ambabhona mandal
- 69.8%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,090
+104 vs mandal average
- Muchhmalda
- 1,090
- Ambabhona mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Muchhmalda
- 3.9
- Ambabhona mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muchhmalda at a glance
Muchhmalda is a village of 1,087 people in 277 households (Census 2011) in Ambabhona block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 109 villages in Ambabhona block. Literacy is 62%, 8 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Bargarh district centre, 38 km from Tora, the nearest town, 28 km from SECR railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768045, served by Bhukta post office; the LGD village code is 380816. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sanjeevani Poly Care Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is LATA SETH. The population is estimated at 1,282 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kandapala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muchhmalda · this village | 1,087 | 62% | — |
| Muchhmalda · Sarsiwa | 1,155 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Darlipali (Sana) · Ambabhona | 317 | 69% | 1.1 km SE |
| Kendujharan · Ambabhona | 321 | 64% | 2.6 km SW |
| Baddarha · Rengali | 1,095 | 73% | 2.9 km N |
| Sankholia · Ambabhona | 0 | — | 3.5 km SE |
| Dekhulia · Ambabhona | 172 | 55% | 4.7 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Muchhmalda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- 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
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kandapala
- Total area (ha)
- 317
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 267
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.3
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Muchhmalda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Muchhmalda
- LGD code
- 380816
- Pincode
- 768045
- Post office
- Bhukta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,087
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,282
- Households
- 277
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1090
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.53724°N, 83.37961°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LATA SETH
- Block / Mandal
- Ambabhona
Getting there
How to reach Muchhmalda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar289 kmcapital
- Kolkata526 km
- Hyderabad690 km
- Chennai996 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSECR28 km
- Hospital / PHCSanjeevani Poly Care Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM35 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Gas Station30 km
- Police stationPolice Station54 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)