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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CAHNDINI MALLICK
Contact: 89****5616
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- LGD code
- 413814
- Pincode
- 761017
- Post office
- Chandragiri
- Population
- 71
- Households
- 18
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1536 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 34
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 246 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 592 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bissamcuttack · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bisam · 26 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Galama compares
By population, Galama ranks #297 of 370 villages in Mohana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
+10.3% vs mandal average
Galama49.3%
Mohana mandal39.0%
Gajapati district45.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,536
+483 vs mandal average
Galama1,536
Mohana mandal1,053
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.3 vs mandal average
Galama3.9
Mohana mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Galama at a glance
Galama is a village of 71 people in 18 households (Census 2011) in Mohana block, Gajapati district, Odisha, the 297th-largest of 370 villages in Mohana block. Literacy is 49%, 10 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,536 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Gajapati district centre, 29 km from Bissamcuttack railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761017, served by Chandragiri post office; the LGD village code is 413814. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bisam, 26 km away. The sarpanch is CAHNDINI MALLICK. The population is estimated at 84 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Galama
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DIGAPAHANDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 120
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karchabadi
- Total area (ha)
- 538
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.72
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Galama
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Galama
- LGD code
- 413814
- Pincode
- 761017
- Post office
- Chandragiri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 71
- Population (projected 2026)
- 84
- Households
- 18
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1536
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.35518°N, 83.69774°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CAHNDINI MALLICK
- Block / Mandal
- Mohana
Getting there
How to reach Galama
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar246 kmcapital
- Hyderabad592 km
- Kolkata602 km
- Chennai788 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBissamcuttack29 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bisam26 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India35 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station40 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management39 km
- Police stationl. police station35 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 761017
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- Luhagudi
- Govindapur
- Jeeranga
- Badaguda
- Jarrow
- Raipur
- Badakhani
- Sinkulipadar
- Pindiki
- Karchabadi
- Malaspadar
- Kalameri
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- Khariguma
- Sanakhani
- Liliguda
- Dhenkasindhaba
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- Guluba
- Bahadapada
- Gochhaguda
- Ranikhama
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- Garadama
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)