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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJUKTA DAS
Contact: 97****8747
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- LGD code
- 395009
- Pincode
- 756164
- Post office
- Naikanidihi
- Population
- 2,321
- Households
- 436
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 722
Census 2011 · in context
How Balimed compares
By population, Balimed ranks #4 of 45 villages in Naikanidihi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Balimed
- 66.4%
- Naikanidihi mandal
- 69.5%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−31 vs mandal average
- Balimed
- 939
- Naikanidihi mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Balimed
- 5.3
- Naikanidihi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balimed at a glance
Balimed is a village of 2,321 people in 436 households (Census 2011) in Naikanidihi block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 4th-largest of 45 villages in Naikanidihi block. Literacy is 66%, 3 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756164, served by Naikanidihi post office; the LGD village code is 395009. The sarpanch is SANJUKTA DAS, and the village votes in Salipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanta Behera. The population is estimated at 2,736 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Balimed →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balimed · this village | 2,321 | 66% | — |
| Kalidaspur · Naikanidihi | 1,858 | 60% | — |
| Panpur · Basudebpur | 818 | 80% | — |
| Damodarpur · Basudebpur | 766 | 76% | — |
| Purusottompur · Basudebpur | 730 | 76% | — |
| Jiginipur · Basudebpur | 588 | 72% | — |
| Apartipur · Naikanidihi | 586 | 70% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balimed
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASUDEBPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balimed
- Total area (ha)
- 509
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balimed
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balimed
- LGD code
- 395009
- Pincode
- 756164
- Post office
- Naikanidihi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,321
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,736
- Households
- 436
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kendrapara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Salipur
- Member of Parliament
- Baijayant Panda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prasanta Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJUKTA DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Naikanidihi
- Nearest railway station
- Mattagajapur (10.9 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756164
- BideipurNaikanidihi mandal13,428 pop
- KismatkrushnapurBasudebpur mandal6,974 pop
- KrushnapurNaikanidihi mandal6,755 pop
- NaikanidihiNaikanidihi mandal2,760 pop
- RajgharpokhariBasudebpur mandal2,545 pop
- BalimundaBasudebpur mandal2,170 pop
- KaranjaadiaNaikanidihi mandal2,167 pop
- DadhibamanpurNaikanidihi mandal2,155 pop
- BalarampurBasudebpur mandal2,098 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balimed
Other villages in Naikanidihi mandal
View all 44+ →- Bideipur
- Krushnapur
- Naikanidihi
- Karanjaadia
- Dadhibamanpur
- Mallikadeipur
- Kalidaspur
- Nandapatna
- Laxmidaspur
- Brajanandapur
- Jagannathpur
- Jagannathprasad
- Lakshmiprasad
- Rahimpur
- Kshempur
- Mishrapur
- Sribachhapur
- Jayakrushnapur
- Binadanda
- Ajodhya
- Ramachandrapur
- Kuali
- Apartipur
- Machhuaghaibada
- Sendhagarha
- Gokulpur
- Khedualpur
- Korbatiabara
- Kaliaboda
- Charibatia
- Mamadila
- Chhenakhia
- Bahupokhari
- Charitikira
- Kashiabhiram
- Kaligadi
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)