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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GIRIDHARI SAHOO
Contact: 98****5002
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- LGD code
- 394855
- Pincode
- 756100
- Post office
- Bhadrak Banka Bazar
- Population
- 465
- Households
- 94
- Literacy rate
- 71%
- Sex ratio
- 860 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 137
Census 2011 · in context
How Balo compares
By population, Balo ranks #130 of 161 villages in Bhadrak Rural mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.0%
−0.7% vs mandal average
- Balo
- 71.0%
- Bhadrak Rural mandal
- 71.7%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
860
−106 vs mandal average
- Balo
- 860
- Bhadrak Rural mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Balo
- 4.9
- Bhadrak Rural mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balo at a glance
Balo is a village of 465 people in 94 households (Census 2011) in Bhadrak Rural block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 130th-largest of 161 villages in Bhadrak Rural block. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the block average, and the sex ratio is 860 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756100, served by Bhadrak Banka Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 394855. The sarpanch is GIRIDHARI SAHOO, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 548 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rampur →
Key facts — Balo
- LGD code
- 394855
- Pincode
- 756100
- Post office
- Bhadrak Banka Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 465
- Population (projected 2026)
- 548
- Households
- 94
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 860
- Literacy rate
- 71.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GIRIDHARI SAHOO
- Block / Mandal
- Bhadrak Rural
- Nearest railway station
- Shyama Charanpur (1.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756100
- SabarangBhadrak Rural mandal3,997 pop
- KaupurBhadrak Rural mandal3,951 pop
- RamakrushunapurBant mandal3,701 pop
- OlangBhadrak Rural mandal3,334 pop
- BrahmapurBhadrak Rural mandal3,233 pop
- BahudaradaBhadrak Rural mandal3,209 pop
- TalangaBhadrak Rural mandal3,121 pop
- SaharaBhadrak Rural mandal3,010 pop
- EraraBhadrak Rural mandal2,924 pop
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Other villages named Balo
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Other villages in Bhadrak Rural mandal
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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)