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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Arei is a village in Binjharpur mandal, Jajapur district, Odisha, with a population of 2,823 across 682 households. The village has a literacy rate of 73.1%.
SS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SMRUTI SAMIKHYA MALIK
Contact: 89****9015
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- LGD code
- 401906
- Pincode
- 755027
- Post office
- Arei
- Population
- 2,823
- Households
- 682
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 762
- Distance to district centre
- 240 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 270 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 240 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 600 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital, Gunupur · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arei compares
By population, Arei ranks #14 of 124 villages in Binjharpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.1%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Arei
- 73.1%
- Binjharpur mandal
- 72.6%
- Jajapur district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
−43 vs mandal average
- Arei
- 974
- Binjharpur mandal
- 1,017
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Arei
- 4.1
- Binjharpur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arei at a glance
Arei is a village of 2,823 people in 682 households (Census 2011) in Binjharpur block, Jajapur district, Odisha, the 14th-largest of 124 villages in Binjharpur block. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 240 km from the Jajapur district centre, 58 km from Pathapatnam, the nearest town, 16 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 755027, served by Arei post office; the LGD village code is 401906. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, Gunupur, 16 km away. The sarpanch is SMRUTI SAMIKHYA MALIK, and the village votes in Parjanga assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan. The population is estimated at 3,328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arei
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAJAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Arei
- Total area (ha)
- 310
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arei
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arei
- LGD code
- 401906
- Pincode
- 755027
- Post office
- Arei
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,823
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,328
- Households
- 682
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.21556°N, 83.84064°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parjanga
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SMRUTI SAMIKHYA MALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Binjharpur
Getting there
How to reach Arei
Nearest town · 15,954 people
Pathapatnam · ≈ 58 km
≈ 1 h 59 min by car · 2 h 21 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar240 kmcapital
- Kolkata600 km
- Hyderabad601 km
- Chennai781 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur16 km
- Bus stopGunupur Bus Station16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital, Gunupur16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station24 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management46 km
- Police stationl. police station45 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Arei
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Nilakantheswar TempleTemple3.8 km ↗
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- 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
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