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Panchayat samiti member shot dead in Odisha's Bargarh
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAKHE SINGH THAPA
Contact: 99****5898
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- LGD code
- 379925
- Pincode
- 768042
- Post office
- Jharbandh
- Population
- 703
- Households
- 166
- Literacy rate
- 51.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1086 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 198
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 323 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 599 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khariar Road · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 24 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amthi compares
By population, Amthi ranks #64 of 98 villages in Jharbandha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.4%
−7.3% vs mandal average
- Amthi
- 51.4%
- Jharbandha mandal
- 58.7%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,086
+61 vs mandal average
- Amthi
- 1,086
- Jharbandha mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Amthi
- 4.2
- Jharbandha mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amthi at a glance
Amthi is a village of 703 people in 166 households (Census 2011) in Jharbandha block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 64th-largest of 98 villages in Jharbandha block. Literacy is 51%, 7 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,086 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Bargarh district centre, 33 km from Khariar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768042, served by Jharbandh post office; the LGD village code is 379925. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 24 km away. The sarpanch is LAKHE SINGH THAPA, and the village votes in Padampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Barsha Singh Bariha. The population is estimated at 829 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amthi
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PADMAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 114
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Amthi
- Total area (ha)
- 189
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.03
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.01
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amthi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amthi
- LGD code
- 379925
- Pincode
- 768042
- Post office
- Jharbandh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 703
- Population (projected 2026)
- 829
- Households
- 166
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1086
- Literacy rate
- 51.4%
- Coordinates
- 20.99778°N, 82.81284°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Padampur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Barsha Singh Bariha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAKHE SINGH THAPA
- Block / Mandal
- Jharbandha
Getting there
How to reach Amthi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar323 kmcapital
- Kolkata599 km
- Hyderabad606 km
- Chennai921 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhariar Road33 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital24 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum33 km
Same pincode
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- NuaparaJharbandha mandal1,928 pop
- BadikataJharbandha mandal1,815 pop
- DhumabhataJharbandha mandal1,809 pop
- LahangirJharbandha mandal1,751 pop
- GoudmalJharbandha mandal1,711 pop
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)