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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Samardarha is a village in Bhatli mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 278 across 62 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58.3% and is located at 21.554°N, 83.510°E in postal zone 768030.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANORANJAN DORA
Contact: 93****4793
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- LGD code
- 380657
- Pincode
- 768030
- Post office
- Bhatli
- Population
- 278
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1172 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 100
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 28 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 278 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 513 km
- Nearest railway station
- SECR · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital, Prakashpur · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Samardarha compares
By population, Samardarha ranks #77 of 83 villages in Bhatli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.3%
−9.5% vs mandal average
- Samardarha
- 58.3%
- Bhatli mandal
- 67.8%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,172
+190 vs mandal average
- Samardarha
- 1,172
- Bhatli mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Samardarha
- 4.5
- Bhatli mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samardarha at a glance
Samardarha is a village of 278 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Bhatli block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 77th-largest of 83 villages in Bhatli block. Literacy is 58%, 10 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,172 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Bargarh district centre, 30 km from Tora, the nearest town, 25 km from SECR railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768030, served by Bhatli post office; the LGD village code is 380657. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital, Prakashpur, 10 km away. The sarpanch is MANORANJAN DORA, and the village votes in Bargarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashwini Kumar Sarangi. The population is estimated at 328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Samardarha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dumalpali
- Total area (ha)
- 154
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 8.65
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Samardarha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Samardarha
- LGD code
- 380657
- Pincode
- 768030
- Post office
- Bhatli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 328
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1172
- Literacy rate
- 58.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.55359°N, 83.51048°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashwini Kumar Sarangi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANORANJAN DORA
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatli
Getting there
How to reach Samardarha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar278 kmcapital
- Kolkata513 km
- Hyderabad701 km
- Chennai1003 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSECR25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital, Prakashpur10 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM27 km
- Petrol pumpHP Gas Station25 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground50 km
- Police stationPolice Station40 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Samardarha
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Kedarnath templeTemple4.0 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, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)