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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMITRA SETHI
Contact: 63****4449
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- LGD code
- 403119
- Pincode
- 759020
- Post office
- Balimi
- Population
- 122
- Households
- 36
- Literacy rate
- 56.6%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 39
Census 2011 · in context
How Basanta Pokhari compares
By population, Basanta Pokhari ranks #89 of 101 villages in Hindol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.6%
−9.6% vs mandal average
- Basanta Pokhari
- 56.6%
- Hindol mandal
- 66.2%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
−57 vs mandal average
- Basanta Pokhari
- 906
- Hindol mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Basanta Pokhari
- 3.4
- Hindol mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basanta Pokhari at a glance
Basanta Pokhari is a village of 122 people in 36 households (Census 2011) in Hindol block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 89th-largest of 101 villages in Hindol block. Literacy is 57%, 10 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759020, served by Balimi post office; the LGD village code is 403119. The sarpanch is SUMITRA SETHI, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 144 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Basanta Pokhari
- LGD code
- 403119
- Pincode
- 759020
- Post office
- Balimi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 122
- Population (projected 2026)
- 144
- Households
- 36
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 56.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMITRA SETHI
- Block / Mandal
- Hindol
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759020
Other villages in Hindol mandal
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- Rasol
- Karanda
- Kukuta
- Buhalipal
- Kansara
- Khaliborei
- Iswarapal
- Pada
- Patala
- Kalinga
- Baradapal
- Kantamila
- Bampa
- Balikiari
- Nuakot
- Kurumitha
- Paikpurunakot
- Thenga
- Rajamohanpur
- Brahmaniapal
- Bahalunda
- Ambithi
- Madhapur
- Kapisahi
- Beruanpal
- Balasar
- Dhobaninandar
- Bhagabanpur
- Nuabaga
- Dandiri
- Kandarasuni
- Kalanda
- Hatura
- Baghadharia
- Gobindapur
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, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)