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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SH
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SASMITA HOTA
Contact: 99****5419
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- LGD code
- 380553
- Pincode
- 768104
- Post office
- Bheden
- Population
- 2,361
- Households
- 636
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,038
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 231 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 493 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deobahal · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Janata Chikitsalaya · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Papanga compares
By population, Papanga ranks #15 of 98 villages in Bheden mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.1%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Papanga
- 67.1%
- Bheden mandal
- 69.2%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−65 vs mandal average
- Papanga
- 893
- Bheden mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Papanga
- 3.7
- Bheden mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Papanga at a glance
Papanga is a village of 2,361 people in 636 households (Census 2011) in Bheden block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 15th-largest of 98 villages in Bheden block. Literacy is 67%, 2 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Bargarh district centre, 21 km from Tora, the nearest town, 21 km from Deobahal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768104, served by Bheden post office; the LGD village code is 380553. The nearest hospital or health centre is Janata Chikitsalaya, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SASMITA HOTA, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 2,784 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Papanga →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papanga · this village | 2,361 | 67% | — |
| Risamunda · Bheden | 192 | 69% | 2.2 km SE |
| Bad Piplipali · Bheden | 1,661 | 69% | 2.6 km W |
| Nidhenpali · Bheden | 239 | 72% | 4.2 km NW |
| Rusuda · Bheden | 1,231 | 67% | 4.6 km SE |
| Rusuda · Tushura | 1,086 | 45% | 4.6 km SE |
| Lupursingha · Bheden | 2,213 | 70% | 5.3 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Papanga
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Papanga
- Total area (ha)
- 620
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 418.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Papanga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Papanga
- LGD code
- 380553
- Pincode
- 768104
- Post office
- Bheden
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,361
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,784
- Households
- 636
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.19849°N, 83.81920°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SASMITA HOTA
- Block / Mandal
- Bheden
Getting there
How to reach Papanga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar231 kmcapital
- Kolkata493 km
- Hyderabad702 km
- Chennai978 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeobahal21 km
- Hospital / PHCJanata Chikitsalaya9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India29 km
- Petrol pumpHP34 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground34 km
- Police stationPolice Station37 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Papanga
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)