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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jharmunda is a village in Laikera mandal, Jharsuguda district, Odisha, with a population of 2,605 in 620 households. The village has a literacy rate of 71.7% and is situated at 20.951°N, 82.858°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ASHA SINHA
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- LGD code
- 381176
- Pincode
- 768220
- Post office
- Bagdehi
- Population
- 2,605
- Households
- 620
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,038
- Distance to district centre
- 145 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 83 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 317 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 597 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakhna · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dhandamunda · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jharmunda compares
By population, Jharmunda ranks #6 of 92 villages in Laikera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.7%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Jharmunda
- 71.7%
- Laikera mandal
- 65.7%
- Jharsuguda district
- 70.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
−53 vs mandal average
- Jharmunda
- 947
- Laikera mandal
- 1,000
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Jharmunda
- 4.2
- Laikera mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jharmunda at a glance
Jharmunda is a village of 2,605 people in 620 households (Census 2011) in Laikera block, Jharsuguda district, Odisha, the 6th-largest of 92 villages in Laikera block. Literacy is 72%, 6 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. It lies 145 km from the Jharsuguda district centre, 32 km from Lakhna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768220, served by Bagdehi post office; the LGD village code is 381176. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dhandamunda, 18 km away. The sarpanch is ASHA SINHA, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 3,071 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jharmunda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JHARSUGUDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jharmunda
- Total area (ha)
- 485
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 249.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.41
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Jharmunda
- LGD code
- 381176
- Pincode
- 768220
- Post office
- Bagdehi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,605
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,071
- Households
- 620
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.95064°N, 82.85755°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonepur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Niranjan Pujari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASHA SINHA
- Block / Mandal
- Laikera
Getting there
How to reach Jharmunda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar317 kmcapital
- Kolkata597 km
- Hyderabad606 km
- Chennai917 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakhna32 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dhandamunda18 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum37 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji56 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)