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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)
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 958405
- Pincode
- 759022
- Post office
- Hindol
- Population
- 265
- Distance to district centre
- 277 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 302 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 240 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 127 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dantan · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bhurangi Hospital · 8 km
Purusottampur at a glance
Purusottampur is a village of 265 people (Census 2011) in Hindol block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 76th-largest of 101 villages in Hindol block. It lies 277 km from the Dhenkanal district centre, 10 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 9 km from Dantan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 759022, served by Hindol post office; the LGD village code is 958405. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhurangi Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 292 in 2026, up 10% since the 2011 Census.
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purusottampur · this village | 265 | — | — |
| Purusottampur · Athagad | 265 | — | 0 km N |
| Purusottampur · Khandapada | 826 | 77% | 0 km N |
| Purusottampur · Kendrapara Sadar | 350 | 78% | 0 km N |
| Purusottampur · Kendrapara Sadar | 3,831 | 74% | 0 km N |
| Purusottampur · Kendrapara | 1,900 | 76% | 0 km N |
| Purusottampur · Purusottampur | 265 | — | 0 km N |
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Notice board · Purusottampur
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Key facts — Purusottampur
- LGD code
- 958405
- Pincode
- 759022
- Post office
- Hindol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 265
- Population (projected 2026)
- 292
- Coordinates
- 21.90219°N, 87.36347°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Block / Mandal
- Hindol
Getting there
How to reach Purusottampur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar240 kmcapital
- Kolkata127 km
- Hyderabad1056 km
- Chennai1235 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDantan9 km
- Bus stopRadhanagar19 km
- Hospital / PHCBhurangi Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankegra, ssb college18 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science46 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station47 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759022
Same name, different place
Other villages named Purusottampur
Looking for a different Purusottampur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Purusottampur →
- PurusottampurKendrapara Sadar · Kendrapara, Odisha3,831 pop
- PurusottampurJajpur Sadar · Jajapur, Odisha3,692 pop
- PurusottampurBadachana · Jajapur, Odisha3,061 pop
- PurusottampurKendrapara · Kendrapara, Odisha1,900 pop
- PurusottampurJajapur · Jajapur, Odisha1,733 pop
- PurusottampurChandipur · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal1,286 pop
- PurusottampurSalepur · Cuttack, Odisha1,254 pop
- PurusottampurNarasinghpur · Cuttack, Odisha1,105 pop
Other villages in Hindol mandal
View all 60+ →- Nizgarh(Hindol)
- 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 2026-05-13
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)