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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SATYABRATA PAUL
Contact: 70****9155
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- LGD code
- 394617
- Pincode
- 756117
- Post office
- Dhamnagar
- Population
- 1,015
- Households
- 222
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 314
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahura compares
By population, Mahura ranks #49 of 132 villages in Dhamanagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.6%
−4.9% vs mandal average
- Mahura
- 70.6%
- Dhamanagar mandal
- 75.5%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
+25 vs mandal average
- Mahura
- 1,014
- Dhamanagar mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Mahura
- 4.6
- Dhamanagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahura at a glance
Mahura is a village of 1,015 people in 222 households (Census 2011) in Dhamanagar block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 49th-largest of 132 villages in Dhamanagar block. Literacy is 71%, 5 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756117, served by Dhamnagar post office; the LGD village code is 394617. The sarpanch is SATYABRATA PAUL, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by Pradyumna Kumar Nayak.
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Key facts — Mahura
- LGD code
- 394617
- Pincode
- 756117
- Post office
- Dhamnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,015
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,197
- Households
- 222
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanjanagar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SATYABRATA PAUL
- Block / Mandal
- Dhamanagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756117
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- KalyaniDhamanagar mandal3,199 pop
- SodhaDhamanagar mandal3,003 pop
- GoudabishinuapadaDhamanagar mandal2,920 pop
- AnandapurDhamanagar mandal2,811 pop
- JalamanduaDhamanagar mandal2,618 pop
- BandhatiaDhamanagar mandal2,374 pop
- BishnupurBhandari Pokhari mandal2,140 pop
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Other villages in Dhamanagar mandal
View all 60+ →- Dalanga
- Mustafapur
- Asurali
- Kothar
- Bamkura
- Kalyani
- Sodha
- Bhatasahi
- Goudabishinuapada
- Khaparapada
- Anandapur
- Jalamandua
- Astak
- Bandhatia
- Pachhalo
- Chhatis Samil Nandor
- Kantika
- Padhani
- Arjunpur
- Jayantara
- Kantapari
- Sahaspur
- Daipur
- Uteipur
- Surajapur
- Sayadjafar
- Gobindpur
- Piteipur
- Palkiri
- Gariali
- Pahadpur
- Bhagabanpur
- Ichhadamajapharpur
- Sorisadihi
- Sohara
- Nunia
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)