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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ISWARA KALET
Contact: 97****5780
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- LGD code
- 380709
- Pincode
- 768030
- Post office
- Bhatli
- Population
- 739
- Households
- 172
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1036 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 432
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 270 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 515 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bargarh Road · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Navajeevan Chikitsalaya · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nilji compares
By population, Nilji ranks #45 of 83 villages in Bhatli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.9%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Nilji
- 60.9%
- Bhatli mandal
- 67.8%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,036
+54 vs mandal average
- Nilji
- 1,036
- Bhatli mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Nilji
- 4.3
- Bhatli mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nilji at a glance
Nilji is a village of 739 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Bhatli block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 45th-largest of 83 villages in Bhatli block. Literacy is 61%, 7 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Bargarh district centre, 19 km from Tora, the nearest town, 16 km from Bargarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768030, served by Bhatli post office; the LGD village code is 380709. The nearest hospital or health centre is Navajeevan Chikitsalaya, 3 km away. The sarpanch is ISWARA KALET, and the village votes in Bargarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashwini Kumar Sarangi. The population is estimated at 871 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nilji
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Halupali
- Total area (ha)
- 276
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.67
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.47
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nilji
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nilji
- LGD code
- 380709
- Pincode
- 768030
- Post office
- Bhatli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 739
- Population (projected 2026)
- 871
- Households
- 172
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1036
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.43150°N, 83.52714°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashwini Kumar Sarangi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ISWARA KALET
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatli
Getting there
How to reach Nilji
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar270 kmcapital
- Kolkata515 km
- Hyderabad694 km
- Chennai991 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBargarh Road16 km
- Hospital / PHCNavajeevan Chikitsalaya3 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM39 km
- Petrol pumpHP Gas Station39 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground48 km
- Police stationPolice Station40 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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