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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sarala biswal
Contact: 79****8330
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- LGD code
- 395310
- Pincode
- 756119
- Post office
- Dhusuri
- Population
- 912
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 71.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 244
Census 2011 · in context
How Pahana compares
By population, Pahana ranks #24 of 44 villages in Dhusuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.3%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Pahana
- 71.3%
- Dhusuri mandal
- 74.2%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+14 vs mandal average
- Pahana
- 1,000
- Dhusuri mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Pahana
- 5.7
- Dhusuri mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pahana at a glance
Pahana is a village of 912 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Dhusuri block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 24th-largest of 44 villages in Dhusuri block. Literacy is 71%, 3 points below the block average of 74% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756119, served by Dhusuri post office; the LGD village code is 395310. The sarpanch is sarala biswal, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 1,075 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nandapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pahana · this village | 912 | 71% | — |
| Nandapur · Chandabali | 1,017 | 68% | — |
| Bhuinpur · Chandabali | 822 | 84% | — |
| Koilekha · Chandabali | 591 | 88% | — |
| Palatpur · Chandabali | 583 | 75% | — |
| Bankamuhan · Chandabali | 496 | 67% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pahana
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHADRAK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nandapur
- Total area (ha)
- 244
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pahana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pahana
- LGD code
- 395310
- Pincode
- 756119
- Post office
- Dhusuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 912
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,075
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 71.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sarala biswal
- Block / Mandal
- Dhusuri
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Other villages in Dhusuri mandal
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- Katasahi
- Sundarpur
- Narasinghpur
- Falapur
- Aradi
- Fatepur
- Kasimpur
- Raipur
- Korua
- Pangata
- Dhusuri
- Patrisahi
- Sriganga
- Khatuapatna
- Sanlapur
- Kharimahara
- Kathamunda
- Kakurigaria
- Bodak
- Dillo
- Nasalapur
- Hasanabad
- Pokharia
- Balipatana
- Hatiapada
- Kuleipada
- Jharidihi
- Torabantia
- Dinajpur
- Sarapur
- Lenka Sahi
- Bandha Sahi
- Sitalpur
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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)