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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barihapali is a village in Sohela mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 822 spread across 234 households. It has a literacy rate of 78.1% and is served by PIN 768033.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
anjali pradhan
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- LGD code
- 380229
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population
- 822
- Households
- 234
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 379
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 277 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 535 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jay Durga Homeopathy Clinic · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barihapali compares
By population, Barihapali ranks #64 of 108 villages in Sohela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.1%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Barihapali
- 78.1%
- Sohela mandal
- 67.3%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+23 vs mandal average
- Barihapali
- 1,000
- Sohela mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Barihapali
- 3.5
- Sohela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barihapali at a glance
Barihapali is a village of 822 people in 234 households (Census 2011) in Sohela block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 64th-largest of 108 villages in Sohela block. Literacy is 78%, 11 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Bargarh district centre, 31 km from Tora, the nearest town, 25 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768033, served by Sohella post office; the LGD village code is 380229. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jay Durga Homeopathy Clinic, 4 km away. The sarpanch is anjali pradhan. The population is estimated at 969 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Barihapali
- LGD code
- 380229
- Pincode
- 768033
- Post office
- Sohella
- Population (Census 2011)
- 822
- Population (projected 2026)
- 969
- Households
- 234
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.27270°N, 83.37368°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatli
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- anjali pradhan
- Block / Mandal
- Sohela
Getting there
How to reach Barihapali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar277 kmcapital
- Kolkata535 km
- Hyderabad671 km
- Chennai968 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali25 km
- Hospital / PHCJay Durga Homeopathy Clinic4 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)