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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANUSAYA SAHU
Contact: 80****2835
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- LGD code
- 402461
- Pincode
- 759028
- Post office
- Kankadahad
- Population
- 573
- Households
- 129
- Literacy rate
- 38.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1212 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 307
Census 2011 · in context
How Rupabedha compares
By population, Rupabedha ranks #52 of 104 villages in Kankadahad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.7%
−20.6% vs mandal average
- Rupabedha
- 38.7%
- Kankadahad mandal
- 59.3%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,212
+225 vs mandal average
- Rupabedha
- 1,212
- Kankadahad mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Rupabedha
- 4.4
- Kankadahad mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rupabedha at a glance
Rupabedha is a village of 573 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Kankadahad block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 52nd-largest of 104 villages in Kankadahad block. Literacy is 39%, 21 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,212 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759028, served by Kankadahad post office; the LGD village code is 402461. The sarpanch is ANUSAYA SAHU, and the village votes in Athamallik assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nalini Kanta Pradhan. The population is estimated at 676 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kanakadahad →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupabedha · this village | 573 | 39% | — |
| Kandhara · Kankadahad | 2,476 | 63% | — |
| Kankadahad · Kankadahad | 2,114 | 72% | — |
| Patabedha · Kankadahad | 762 | 58% | — |
| Sunia · Kankadahad | 129 | 19% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rupabedha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KAMAKSHYANAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kankadahad
- Total area (ha)
- 198
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 39.72
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rupabedha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rupabedha
- LGD code
- 402461
- Pincode
- 759028
- Post office
- Kankadahad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 573
- Population (projected 2026)
- 676
- Households
- 129
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1212
- Literacy rate
- 38.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Athamallik
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nalini Kanta Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANUSAYA SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Kankadahad
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759028
- KantapalKankadahad mandal5,704 pop
- KandharaKankadahad mandal2,476 pop
- BamKankadahad mandal2,185 pop
- RodangKankadahad mandal2,143 pop
- KankadahadKankadahad mandal2,114 pop
- KerajodiKankadahad mandal1,708 pop
- SasapasiKankadahad mandal1,578 pop
- DangapalKankadahad mandal1,574 pop
- KaragolaKankadahad mandal1,400 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Rupabedha
Other villages in Kankadahad mandal
View all 60+ →- Kantapal
- Kandhara
- Batagan
- Chandapur
- Bam
- Rodang
- Maruabili
- Kankadahad
- Birasal
- Khajuria
- Kerajodi
- Sasapasi
- Dangapal
- Rahani
- Sendhasar
- Kuturia
- Karagola
- Gatarei
- Makuakateni
- Haladigundi
- Jarada
- Bandania
- Kharakhari
- Raibol
- Kantol
- Kampulei
- Palasa Dangi
- Kiritanapur
- Asanabahali
- Chadeiragada(Kha)
- Dehurihata
- Kalada
- Urbengi
- Tandi Munda
- Balikuma
- Patabedha
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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)