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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sasmita sahoo
Contact: 84****3236
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- LGD code
- 402276
- Pincode
- 759120
- Post office
- Parjang
- Population
- 5,330
- Households
- 1,336
- Literacy rate
- 69%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,866
Census 2011 · in context
How Barihapur compares
By population, Barihapur ranks #2 of 120 villages in Parajang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.0%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Barihapur
- 69.0%
- Parajang mandal
- 68.0%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−52 vs mandal average
- Barihapur
- 916
- Parajang mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Barihapur
- 4.0
- Parajang mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barihapur at a glance
Barihapur is a village of 5,330 people in 1,336 households (Census 2011) in Parajang block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 2nd-largest of 120 villages in Parajang block. Literacy is 69%, 1 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759120, served by Parjang post office; the LGD village code is 402276. The sarpanch is sasmita sahoo, and the village votes in Parjanga assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan. The population is estimated at 6,284 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barihapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KAMAKSHYANAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barihapur
- Total area (ha)
- 14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barihapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barihapur
- LGD code
- 402276
- Pincode
- 759120
- Post office
- Parjang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,330
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,284
- Households
- 1,336
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 69.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parjanga
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sasmita sahoo
- Block / Mandal
- Parajang
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- 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, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)