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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANAJIT SAHU
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- LGD code
- 402238
- Pincode
- 759029
- Population
- 799
- Households
- 150
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1270 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 294
Census 2011 · in context
How Baghamunda compares
By population, Baghamunda ranks #60 of 120 villages in Parajang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.9%
−9.1% vs mandal average
- Baghamunda
- 58.9%
- Parajang mandal
- 68.0%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,270
+302 vs mandal average
- Baghamunda
- 1,270
- Parajang mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
5.3
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Baghamunda
- 5.3
- Parajang mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghamunda at a glance
Baghamunda is a village of 799 people in 150 households (Census 2011) in Parajang block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 60th-largest of 120 villages in Parajang block. Literacy is 59%, 9 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,270 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759029; the LGD village code is 402238. The sarpanch is RANAJIT SAHU, and the village votes in Parjanga assembly constituency, represented by Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan.
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Key facts — Baghamunda
- LGD code
- 402238
- Pincode
- 759029
- Population (Census 2011)
- 799
- Population (projected 2026)
- 942
- Households
- 150
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1270
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parjanga
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANAJIT SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Parajang
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)