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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jira is a small village in Mahanga mandal, Cuttack district, Odisha, with a population of 286 in 60 households. It has a literacy rate of 73.4% and is located at 18.394°N, 82.783°E under postal code 754206.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Romans Rout
Contact: 83****8430
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- LGD code
- 399509
- Pincode
- 754206
- Post office
- Mahanga
- Population
- 286
- Households
- 60
- Literacy rate
- 73.4%
- Sex ratio
- 946 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 88
- Distance to district centre
- 350 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 355 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 383 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 468 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gorapur · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. B. Biswas · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jira compares
By population, Jira ranks #168 of 195 villages in Mahanga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.4%
−4.2% vs mandal average
- Jira
- 73.4%
- Mahanga mandal
- 77.6%
- Cuttack district
- 76.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
946
+1 vs mandal average
- Jira
- 946
- Mahanga mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Jira
- 4.8
- Mahanga mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jira at a glance
Jira is a village of 286 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Mahanga block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 168th-largest of 195 villages in Mahanga block. Literacy is 73%, 4 points below the block average of 78% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 350 km from the Cuttack district centre, 49 km from Srungavarapukota, the nearest town, 5 km from Gorapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754206, served by Mahanga post office; the LGD village code is 399509. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. B. Biswas, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Romans Rout, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Paikarapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jira · this village | 286 | 73% | — |
| Jira · Jagatsinghapur | 848 | 82% | 0 km N |
| Vasabanda · Dumbriguda | 1,071 | 38% | 1.7 km SE |
| Kiridivalasa · Dumbriguda | 37 | 8% | 2.1 km N |
| Kuda · Dumbriguda | 472 | 24% | 2.2 km E |
| Kuda · Nandapur | 726 | 32% | 2.2 km E |
| Chinakaguvalasa · Dumbriguda | 54 | 20% | 2.5 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jira
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CUTTACK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Paikarapur
- Total area (ha)
- 29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jira
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jira
- LGD code
- 399509
- Pincode
- 754206
- Post office
- Mahanga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 286
- Population (projected 2026)
- 337
- Households
- 60
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 946
- Literacy rate
- 73.4%
- Coordinates
- 18.39393°N, 82.78324°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Banki
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devi Ranjan Tripathy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Romans Rout
- Block / Mandal
- Mahanga
- Nearest PHC
- Sujatha Nursing Home (355.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Jira
Nearest town · 28,304 people
Srungavarapukota · ≈ 49 km
≈ 1 h 41 min by car · 1 h 59 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar383 kmcapital
- Hyderabad468 km
- Chennai649 km
- Kolkata744 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGorapur5 km
- Bus stopKuridi Bus Stop9 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. B. Biswas9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India36 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil36 km
- Police stationLandespolizei47 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)