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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KANCHANBALA ROUT
Contact: 97****0807
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- LGD code
- 402943
- Pincode
- 759022
- Post office
- Hindol
- Population
- 962
- Households
- 217
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1038 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 333
Census 2011 · in context
How Murdangapali compares
By population, Murdangapali ranks #25 of 66 villages in Motunga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Murdangapali
- 63.2%
- Motunga mandal
- 72.0%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,038
+118 vs mandal average
- Murdangapali
- 1,038
- Motunga mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Murdangapali
- 4.4
- Motunga mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murdangapali at a glance
Murdangapali is a village of 962 people in 217 households (Census 2011) in Motunga block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 25th-largest of 66 villages in Motunga block. Literacy is 63%, 9 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,038 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759022, served by Hindol post office; the LGD village code is 402943. The sarpanch is KANCHANBALA ROUT, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 1,134 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdangapali · this village | 962 | 63% | — |
| Balaramprasad · Motunga | 3,237 | 76% | — |
| Artasantrakateni · Motunga | 1,263 | 71% | — |
| Chheliabedha · Motunga | 273 | 72% | — |
| Nuara · Motunga | 103 | 76% | — |
| Bautiragada · Motunga | 30 | 53% | — |
| Zukateni · Motunga | 2 | 100% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murdangapali
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- DHENKANAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balaramprasad
- Total area (ha)
- 14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murdangapali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murdangapali
- LGD code
- 402943
- Pincode
- 759022
- Post office
- Hindol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 962
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,134
- Households
- 217
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1038
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KANCHANBALA ROUT
- Block / Mandal
- Motunga
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759022
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Murdangapali
Other villages in Motunga mandal
View all 60+ →- Kharagprasad
- Balaramprasad
- Nimidha
- Kurunti
- Odapada
- Bangurasinga
- Ratnapravapodapada
- Kusupanga
- Motunga
- Kharagprasadpatna
- Haladibahali
- Gundei
- Bido
- Meramandali
- Nadhara
- Badalo
- Ghodadian
- Artasantrakateni
- Ranjasinga
- Nayabhagirathipur(East)
- Mohadia
- Kochilamada
- Nayabhagirathipur(West)
- Belapada
- Uparbaghalunda
- Nagari
- Talabaghalunda
- Ekagharia
- Charadagadia
- Chintapokhari
- Paneilo
- Suravi
- Kalusahukateni
- Sridihi
- Malibido
- Ranibania
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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)