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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Babuli Patamajhi
Contact: 88****0041
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- LGD code
- 413474
- Pincode
- 761217
- Post office
- Odava
- Population
- 673
- Households
- 154
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1003 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 373
Census 2011 · in context
How Bithal compares
By population, Bithal ranks #11 of 132 villages in Adava mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.5%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Bithal
- 46.5%
- Adava mandal
- 42.3%
- Gajapati district
- 45.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,003
−43 vs mandal average
- Bithal
- 1,003
- Adava mandal
- 1,046
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Bithal
- 4.4
- Adava mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bithal at a glance
Bithal is a village of 673 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Adava block, Gajapati district, Odisha, the 11th-largest of 132 villages in Adava block. Literacy is 47%, 4 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 761217, served by Odava post office; the LGD village code is 413474. The sarpanch is Babuli Patamajhi. The population is estimated at 793 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bithal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- 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
- DIGAPAHANDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 78
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 154
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 44
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Paniganda
- Total area (ha)
- 51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.98
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bithal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bithal
- LGD code
- 413474
- Pincode
- 761217
- Post office
- Odava
- Population (Census 2011)
- 673
- Population (projected 2026)
- 793
- Households
- 154
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1003
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Babuli Patamajhi
- Block / Mandal
- Adava
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 761217
Other villages in Adava mandal
View all 60+ →- Adava
- Alliganda
- Damadua
- Paniganda
- Purnasahi
- Guluba
- Toranipani
- Raijuka
- Kutuniganda
- Padagaon
- Kesariguda
- Kattama
- Gumiguda
- Jhiliki
- Dengaskhal
- Dengili
- Khariguda
- Raipanka
- Tumangapadar
- Majhikirimba
- Balakua
- Mandrabaju
- Mahapadar
- Bandarigan
- Danigaon
- Gundimahidikima
- Nalaghat
- Palakua
- Gundripanka
- Budhagaon
- Budhanilidi
- Dengama
- Kutama
- Sindhaba
- Raba
- Tuaguda
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, 2026-09-07
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)