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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kalidaspur is a village in Naikanidihi mandal, Bhadrak district, Odisha, with a population of 1,858 across 341 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60% and is located at 21.000°N, 86.764°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJUKTA DAS
Contact: 97****8747
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- LGD code
- 395050
- Pincode
- 756164
- Post office
- Naikanidihi
- Population
- 1,858
- Households
- 341
- Literacy rate
- 60%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 648
- Distance to district centre
- 171 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 97 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 125 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 241 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ranital · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pabitra Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kalidaspur compares
By population, Kalidaspur ranks #8 of 45 villages in Naikanidihi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.0%
−9.5% vs mandal average
- Kalidaspur
- 60.0%
- Naikanidihi mandal
- 69.5%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
+2 vs mandal average
- Kalidaspur
- 972
- Naikanidihi mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kalidaspur
- 5.4
- Naikanidihi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalidaspur at a glance
Kalidaspur is a village of 1,858 people in 341 households (Census 2011) in Naikanidihi block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 8th-largest of 45 villages in Naikanidihi block. Literacy is 60%, 10 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 171 km from the Bhadrak district centre, 27 km from Ranital railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756164, served by Naikanidihi post office; the LGD village code is 395050. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pabitra Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SANJUKTA DAS, and the village votes in Salipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanta Behera. The population is estimated at 2,191 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Balimed →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalidaspur · this village | 1,858 | 60% | — |
| Kalidaspur · Remuna | — | — | 0 km N |
| Kalidaspur · Khaira | 166 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Kalidaspur · Purusottampur | 3,322 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Kalidaspur · Bhadrak Rural | 928 | 72% | 0 km N |
| Kalidaspur · Basudebpur | 676 | 83% | 0 km N |
| Naikanidihi · Naikanidihi | 2,760 | 72% | 5.4 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kalidaspur
- 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
- 2
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balimed
- Total area (ha)
- 331
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 24.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kalidaspur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kalidaspur
- LGD code
- 395050
- Pincode
- 756164
- Post office
- Naikanidihi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,858
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,191
- Households
- 341
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 60.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.00032°N, 86.76406°E
- 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
- Banbihari Gwalipur (93.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kalidaspur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar125 kmcapital
- Kolkata241 km
- Hyderabad957 km
- Chennai1118 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRanital27 km
- Hospital / PHCPabitra Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank Of India28 km
- Police stationTown Police Station Balasore57 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
- BalimedNaikanidihi mandal2,321 pop
- BalimundaBasudebpur mandal2,170 pop
- KaranjaadiaNaikanidihi mandal2,167 pop
- DadhibamanpurNaikanidihi mandal2,155 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Kalidaspur
Looking for a different Kalidaspur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Kalidaspur →
- KalidaspurGosaba · South 24 Parganas, West Bengal5,724 pop
- KalidaspurPurusottampur · Ganjam, Odisha3,322 pop
- KalidaspurKadwa · Katihar, Bihar2,745 pop
- KalidaspurPakaur · Pakur, Jharkhand2,669 pop
- KalidaspurBhadrak Rural · Bhadrak, Odisha928 pop
- KalidaspurMejhia · Bankura, West Bengal870 pop
- KalidaspurChakulia · East Singhbum, Jharkhand854 pop
- KalidaspurBasudebpur · Bhadrak, Odisha676 pop
Villages near Kalidaspur
Other villages in Naikanidihi mandal
View all 44+ →- Bideipur
- Krushnapur
- Naikanidihi
- Balimed
- Karanjaadia
- Dadhibamanpur
- Mallikadeipur
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)