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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Prabasini Joshi
Contact: 99****0577
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- LGD code
- 418706
- Pincode
- 762013
- Post office
- Purunakatak
- Population
- 524
- Households
- 120
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 992 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 242
- Distance to district centre
- 51 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 78 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 168 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 460 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rairakhol · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- District TB Centre · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Unal compares
By population, Unal ranks #44 of 232 villages in Harbhanga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Unal
- 69.5%
- Harbhanga mandal
- 64.3%
- Boudh district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
992
+12 vs mandal average
- Unal
- 992
- Harbhanga mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Unal
- 4.4
- Harbhanga mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Unal at a glance
Unal is a village of 524 people in 120 households (Census 2011) in Harbhanga block, Boudh district, Odisha, the 44th-largest of 232 villages in Harbhanga block. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Boudh district centre, 23 km from Rairakhol railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762013, served by Purunakatak post office; the LGD village code is 418706. The nearest hospital or health centre is District TB Centre, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Prabasini Joshi, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 618 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ramagarh →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unal · this village | 524 | 70% | — |
| Kiakata · Athmallik | 651 | 79% | 3 km N |
| Gariamunda · Subalaya | 205 | 55% | 9.9 km NW |
| Gariamunda · Rajagangapur | 936 | 48% | 9.9 km NW |
| Tebhapadar · Subalaya | 1,495 | 70% | 16.7 km NW |
| Subalaya · Narasinghpur | 1,220 | 80% | 17 km W |
| Purunakatak · Harbhanga | 2,528 | 79% | 25.9 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Unal
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAUDHGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 43
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ramagarh
- Total area (ha)
- 230
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 23.46
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Unal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Unal
- LGD code
- 418706
- Pincode
- 762013
- Post office
- Purunakatak
- Population (Census 2011)
- 524
- Population (projected 2026)
- 618
- Households
- 120
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 992
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Coordinates
- 20.84000°N, 84.32000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Prabasini Joshi
- Block / Mandal
- Harbhanga
Getting there
How to reach Unal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar168 kmcapital
- Kolkata460 km
- Hyderabad723 km
- Chennai964 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRairakhol23 km
- Bus stopBoudh bus stand<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDistrict TB Centre<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India29 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Boudh bus standunder 1 km
- Health centre
- District TB Centreunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Unal
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 762013
- PurunakatakHarbhanga mandal2,528 pop
- RamgadHarbhanga mandal1,597 pop
- TileswarPuruna Katak mandal1,411 pop
- DhalpurHarbhanga mandal1,284 pop
- BadabandhaPuruna Katak mandal1,279 pop
- KhandahataPuruna Katak mandal975 pop
- SakusinghaHarbhanga mandal953 pop
- LoigamHarbhanga mandal756 pop
- LunibahalPuruna Katak mandal739 pop
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Other villages named Unal
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Villages near Unal
Other villages in Harbhanga mandal
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- Kumari
- Dhalpur
- Bhejigora
- Rambhikata
- Mathura
- Surundi
- Sakusingha
- Bhaliagora
- Mahalikpada
- Kharbhuin
- Barajholi
- Nuapada
- Chhatrang
- Kusasinga
- Loigam
- Bukesinga
- Lokapada
- Naikpada
- Birigarh
- Mahibahal
- Harekrishnapur
- Burubuda
- Pankhimal
- Khajuria
- Malikpada
- Brundaban
- Bhagamunda
- Belapadar
- Gudapada
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)