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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dinesh Kumar Seth
Contact: 97****2439
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- LGD code
- 379989
- Pincode
- 768036
- Post office
- Rajborasamber
- Population
- 2,986
- Households
- 781
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 967 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,028
Census 2011 · in context
How Barikel compares
By population, Barikel ranks #3 of 108 villages in Padmapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Barikel
- 60.3%
- Padmapur mandal
- 63.4%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
967
−38 vs mandal average
- Barikel
- 967
- Padmapur mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Barikel
- 3.8
- Padmapur mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barikel at a glance
Barikel is a village of 2,986 people in 781 households (Census 2011) in Padmapur block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 3rd-largest of 108 villages in Padmapur block. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768036, served by Rajborasamber post office; the LGD village code is 379989. The sarpanch is Dinesh Kumar Seth, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 3,520 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Barikel
- LGD code
- 379989
- Pincode
- 768036
- Post office
- Rajborasamber
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,986
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,520
- Households
- 781
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 967
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dinesh Kumar Seth
- Block / Mandal
- Padmapur
Same pincode
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- Brahmandihi
- Ghesara
- Ichhapali
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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, 2026-09-07
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)