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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
LM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAXMIPRIYA MALLICK
Contact: 83****7793
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- LGD code
- 398127
- Pincode
- 754109
- Post office
- Debidol
- Population
- 913
- Households
- 209
- Literacy rate
- 80.1%
- Sex ratio
- 951 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 299
Census 2011 · in context
How Gandhan compares
By population, Gandhan ranks #37 of 91 villages in Naugaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.1%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Gandhan
- 80.1%
- Naugaon mandal
- 78.1%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
951
−43 vs mandal average
- Gandhan
- 951
- Naugaon mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Gandhan
- 4.4
- Naugaon mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gandhan at a glance
Gandhan is a village of 913 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Naugaon block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 37th-largest of 91 villages in Naugaon block. Literacy is 80%, 2 points above the block average of 78% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754109, served by Debidol post office; the LGD village code is 398127. The sarpanch is LAXMIPRIYA MALLICK, and the village votes in Nayagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aruna Kumar Sahoo. The population is estimated at 1,076 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gajarajpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandhan · this village | 913 | 80% | — |
| Gajarajapur · Naugaon | 1,380 | 74% | — |
| Bhatapada · Naugaon | 1,276 | 77% | — |
| Debidol(Debideula) · Naugaon | 562 | 74% | — |
| Khairahuli · Naugaon | 336 | 70% | — |
| Nuapari · Naugaon | 329 | 70% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gandhan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGATSINGHAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gajarajpur
- Total area (ha)
- 210
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gandhan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gandhan
- LGD code
- 398127
- Pincode
- 754109
- Post office
- Debidol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 913
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,076
- Households
- 209
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 951
- Literacy rate
- 80.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nayagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aruna Kumar Sahoo
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAXMIPRIYA MALLICK
- Block / Mandal
- Naugaon
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754109
- GaladariNaugaon mandal2,226 pop
- SalajangaJagatsinghapur mandal2,101 pop
- ArakhakudaNaugaon mandal1,769 pop
- NuaganNaugaon mandal1,440 pop
- KansaJagatsinghapur mandal1,434 pop
- KhairangaJagatsinghapur mandal1,384 pop
- GajarajapurNaugaon mandal1,380 pop
- EradaNaugaon mandal1,348 pop
- BhatapadaNaugaon mandal1,276 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Gandhan
Other villages in Naugaon mandal
View all 60+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)