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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SU
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Smt Ushabati Barika
Contact: 94****2625
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- LGD code
- 414708
- Pincode
- 761005
- Post office
- Jaradagada
- Population
- 651
- Households
- 164
- Literacy rate
- 41.9%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 428
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 236 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 600 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pundi · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Badagam compares
By population, Badagam ranks #17 of 51 villages in Gurandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.9%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Badagam
- 41.9%
- Gurandi mandal
- 50.7%
- Gajapati district
- 45.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
−77 vs mandal average
- Badagam
- 973
- Gurandi mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
4.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Badagam
- 4.0
- Gurandi mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badagam at a glance
Badagam is a village of 651 people in 164 households (Census 2011) in Gurandi block, Gajapati district, Odisha, the 17th-largest of 51 villages in Gurandi block. Literacy is 42%, 9 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Gajapati district centre, 24 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 8 km from Pundi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761005, served by Jaradagada post office; the LGD village code is 414708. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Smt Ushabati Barika, and the village votes in Mohana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dasarathi Gomanga. The population is estimated at 941 in 2026, up 45% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badagam
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PARLAKHEMUNDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Agarkhandi
- Total area (ha)
- 222
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 190.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badagam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Badagam
- LGD code
- 414708
- Pincode
- 761005
- Post office
- Jaradagada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 651
- Population (projected 2026)
- 941
- Households
- 164
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 41.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.72213°N, 84.31857°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Berhampur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohana
- Member of Parliament
- Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dasarathi Gomanga
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Smt Ushabati Barika
- Block / Mandal
- Gurandi
Getting there
How to reach Badagam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar236 kmcapital
- Kolkata600 km
- Hyderabad634 km
- Chennai762 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPundi8 km
- Bus stopTekkalipatnam Bus Stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India7 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeGovt. Junior College39 km
- Police stationPOLICE STATION24 km
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- Kamadhenu
- Ariba
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- Patikota
- Bomika
- Totagumuda
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- Souragosani
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)