Baligam observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Baligam
Named places of worship on record
By population, Baligam ranks #143 of 256 villages in Patapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baligam is a village of 135 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Patapur block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 143rd-largest of 256 villages in Patapur block. Literacy is 33%, 18 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 800 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Ganjam district centre, 44 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 1 km from Mandasa Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761013, served by Pattapur post office; the LGD village code is 413438. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Haripuram, <1 km away. The village votes in Sanakhemundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena. The population is estimated at 1,998 in 2026, up 1380% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tumbagada →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baligam · this village | 135 | 33% | — |
| Baligam · Mandasa | 1,810 | 66% | 0.4 km SE |
| Kothakamalapuram · Mandasa | 306 | 69% | 1.1 km S |
| Puchapadu · Mandasa | 288 | 65% | 1.3 km NW |
| Veerabhadra · Mandasa | 553 | 68% | 1.5 km S |
| Venkatavarada -Rajapuram · Mandasa | 390 | 77% | 1.6 km NE |
| Kuntikota · Mandasa | 594 | 63% | 1.7 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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