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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUPRIYA DAS
Contact: 63****8657
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- LGD code
- 401825
- Pincode
- 754205
- Post office
- Balichandrapur
- Population
- 333
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 83.5%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 100
Census 2011 · in context
How Gadajit compares
By population, Gadajit ranks #57 of 62 villages in Balichandrapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.5%
+12.8% vs mandal average
- Gadajit
- 83.5%
- Balichandrapur mandal
- 70.7%
- Jajapur district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−54 vs mandal average
- Gadajit
- 914
- Balichandrapur mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Gadajit
- 3.9
- Balichandrapur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gadajit at a glance
Gadajit is a village of 333 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Balichandrapur block, Jajapur district, Odisha, the 57th-largest of 62 villages in Balichandrapur block. Literacy is 84%, 13 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754205, served by Balichandrapur post office; the LGD village code is 401825. The sarpanch is SUPRIYA DAS, and the village votes in Jatani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray. The population is estimated at 393 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadajit · this village | 333 | 84% | — |
| Achuti Basant · Balichandrapur | 1,630 | 58% | — |
| Asia · Balichandrapur | 820 | 52% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gadajit
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- JAJAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Achuti Basant
- Total area (ha)
- 126
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gadajit
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gadajit
- LGD code
- 401825
- Pincode
- 754205
- Post office
- Balichandrapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 333
- Population (projected 2026)
- 393
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 83.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhubaneswar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jatani
- Member of Parliament
- Aparajita Sarangi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUPRIYA DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Balichandrapur
- Nearest police station
- Govt. Railway Police Station, Bhubaneswar (12.3 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Winika Clinic (10.9 km)
- Nearest bank
- Axis Bank Bhubaneswar Branch (11.3 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Vani Vihar (11.1 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754205
- NalipurBalichandrapur mandal5,819 pop
- MajhipadaBalichandrapur mandal3,437 pop
- NanapurBalichandrapur mandal3,414 pop
- PaleiBalichandrapur mandal2,967 pop
- PatarajapurBalichandrapur mandal2,937 pop
- BaradaBalichandrapur mandal2,795 pop
- MandukaBalichandrapur mandal2,666 pop
- BalipadiaBalichandrapur mandal2,291 pop
- BalichandrapurBalichandrapur mandal2,054 pop
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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