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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
TULASI JHANKAR
Contact: 96****8303
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- LGD code
- 416480
- Pincode
- 762013
- Post office
- Purunakatak
- Population
- 491
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 40.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1037 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 273 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 565 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singapur Road Junction · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sai Stuti Homeo Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghodabali compares
By population, Ghodabali ranks #34 of 328 villages in Baliguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.1%
−6.4% vs mandal average
- Ghodabali
- 40.1%
- Baliguda mandal
- 46.5%
- Kandhamal district
- 54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,037
−13 vs mandal average
- Ghodabali
- 1,037
- Baliguda mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Ghodabali
- 3.7
- Baliguda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghodabali at a glance
Ghodabali is a village of 491 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Baliguda block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 34th-largest of 328 villages in Baliguda block. Literacy is 40%, 6 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Kandhamal district centre, 9 km from Singapur Road Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762013, served by Purunakatak post office; the LGD village code is 416480. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sai Stuti Homeo Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is TULASI JHANKAR. The population is estimated at 579 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Landagaon →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghodabali · this village | 491 | 40% | — |
| Ghodabadi · Rayagada | 277 | 29% | 0 km N |
| Gumakia · Baliguda | 139 | 40% | 0.8 km NW |
| Guakana · Rayagada | 552 | 30% | 0.8 km NW |
| Mantrajhola · Rayagada | 371 | 43% | 2 km SW |
| Patraguda · Rayagada | 0 | — | 2 km SW |
| Kamaraguda · Rayagada | 83 | 55% | 2 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghodabali
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 131
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 48
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Landagam
- Total area (ha)
- 365
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 127.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghodabali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghodabali
- LGD code
- 416480
- Pincode
- 762013
- Post office
- Purunakatak
- Population (Census 2011)
- 491
- Population (projected 2026)
- 579
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1037
- Literacy rate
- 40.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.22509°N, 83.47848°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TULASI JHANKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Baliguda
Getting there
How to reach Ghodabali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar273 kmcapital
- Hyderabad565 km
- Kolkata629 km
- Chennai764 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSingapur Road Junction9 km
- Bus stopJaykaypur Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCSai Stuti Homeo Clinic8 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank8 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management12 km
- Police stationl. police station8 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Ghodabali
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)