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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nirmal Sarangi
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- LGD code
- 380168
- Pincode
- 768034
- Post office
- Ghess
- Population
- 833
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1072 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 566
Census 2011 · in context
How Bandenbahal compares
By population, Bandenbahal ranks #61 of 108 villages in Sohela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.1%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Bandenbahal
- 66.1%
- Sohela mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,072
+95 vs mandal average
- Bandenbahal
- 1,072
- Sohela mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bandenbahal
- 3.7
- Sohela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandenbahal at a glance
Bandenbahal is a village of 833 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Sohela block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 61st-largest of 108 villages in Sohela block. Literacy is 66%, 1 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,072 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768034, served by Ghess post office; the LGD village code is 380168. The sarpanch is Nirmal Sarangi. The population is estimated at 982 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Bandenbahal
- LGD code
- 380168
- Pincode
- 768034
- Post office
- Ghess
- Population (Census 2011)
- 833
- Population (projected 2026)
- 982
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1072
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nirmal Sarangi
- Block / Mandal
- Sohela
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)