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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
SUDHAMAYEE KUMAR
Contact: 99****7520
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- LGD code
- 422351
- Pincode
- 766101
- Post office
- Rupra Road
- Population
- 503
- Households
- 141
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 353
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 79 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 321 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 541 km
- Nearest railway station
- Junagarh Road · 31 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Golamunda · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gidhamal compares
By population, Gidhamal ranks #91 of 123 villages in Kesinga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.2%
+15.8% vs mandal average
- Gidhamal
- 72.2%
- Kesinga mandal
- 56.4%
- Kalahandi district
- 50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−119 vs mandal average
- Gidhamal
- 870
- Kesinga mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gidhamal
- 3.6
- Kesinga mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gidhamal at a glance
Gidhamal is a village of 503 people in 141 households (Census 2011) in Kesinga block, Kalahandi district, Odisha, the 91st-largest of 123 villages in Kesinga block. Literacy is 72%, 16 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Kalahandi district centre, 31 km from Junagarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766101, served by Rupra Road post office; the LGD village code is 422351. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Golamunda, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SUDHAMAYEE KUMAR, and the village votes in Narla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manorama Mohanty. The population is estimated at 593 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gidhamal
- 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)
- 16
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KESINGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gigina
- Total area (ha)
- 167
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 35.11
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gidhamal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gidhamal
- LGD code
- 422351
- Pincode
- 766101
- Post office
- Rupra Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 503
- Population (projected 2026)
- 593
- Households
- 141
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.09274°N, 82.75481°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narla
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manorama Mohanty
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUDHAMAYEE KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Kesinga
Getting there
How to reach Gidhamal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar321 kmcapital
- Hyderabad541 km
- Kolkata643 km
- Chennai823 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJunagarh Road31 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Golamunda5 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji43 km
- Police stationJharigaon police Station58 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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