Lead story
7
May 2026
newsSTATE
Odisha Plans For Dedicated TV Channel To Promote Jagannath Culture
Odisha Plans For Dedicated TV Channel To Promote Jagannath Culture (via Ommcom News). Read the full story at the source.
By Ommcom NewsRead full →
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANITA BARIK
Contact: 99****7848
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Posal can update it.
- LGD code
- 397492
- Pincode
- 754137
- Post office
- Tirtol
- Population
- 1,461
- Households
- 286
- Literacy rate
- 81.1%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 425
Census 2011 · in context
How Posal compares
By population, Posal ranks #23 of 292 villages in Tirtol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.1%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Posal
- 81.1%
- Tirtol mandal
- 80.5%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
−48 vs mandal average
- Posal
- 940
- Tirtol mandal
- 988
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Posal
- 5.1
- Tirtol mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Posal at a glance
Posal is a village of 1,461 people in 286 households (Census 2011) in Tirtol block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 292 villages in Tirtol block. Literacy is 81%, about the same as the block average of 81% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754137, served by Tirtol post office; the LGD village code is 397492. The sarpanch is ANITA BARIK, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 1,723 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dainlo →
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Posal
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dainlo
- Total area (ha)
- 243
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Posal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Posal
- LGD code
- 397492
- Pincode
- 754137
- Post office
- Tirtol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,461
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,723
- Households
- 286
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 81.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANITA BARIK
- Block / Mandal
- Tirtol
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754137
Other villages in Tirtol mandal
View all 60+ →- Jagannathpur
- Tirtol
- Muli Singh
- Chhapada
- Jaipur
- Tentulipada
- Bisunpur
- Biritol
- Kolata
- Rasabaruan Gramsasan
- Gobinda Pur
- Jadatira
- Sailo
- Bhansar
- Eradanga
- Jaipur
- Arada
- Ibirisingh
- Gorada
- Tarajanga
- Bodhei
- Bidyadharapur
- Behadapur
- Baingol
- Teratanga
- Hatikena
- Sanra
- Manapur
- Badasarol
- Nandana
- Samantarapur
- Kilipal
- Salampur
- Nausira
- Kutilagram Dayalpur
- Kostimalika Pur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)