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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Alok Swain
Contact: 99****3559
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- LGD code
- 398353
- Pincode
- 754119
- Post office
- Machhagaon
- Population
- 1,649
- Households
- 420
- Literacy rate
- 74.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 599
Census 2011 · in context
How Ambasal compares
By population, Ambasal ranks #18 of 236 villages in Balikuda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.7%
−2.5% vs mandal average
- Ambasal
- 74.7%
- Balikuda mandal
- 77.2%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+51 vs mandal average
- Ambasal
- 1,023
- Balikuda mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Ambasal
- 3.9
- Balikuda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ambasal at a glance
Ambasal is a village of 1,649 people in 420 households (Census 2011) in Balikuda block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 18th-largest of 236 villages in Balikuda block. Literacy is 75%, 3 points below the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754119, served by Machhagaon post office; the LGD village code is 398353. The sarpanch is Alok Swain, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 1,944 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ambasal
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGATSINGHAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ambasala
- Total area (ha)
- 266
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 183.54
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.41
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ambasal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ambasal
- LGD code
- 398353
- Pincode
- 754119
- Post office
- Machhagaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,649
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,944
- Households
- 420
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 74.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Alok Swain
- Block / Mandal
- Balikuda
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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