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Fisherwoman dies after crocodile attack in Odisha's Kendrapara
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Subhasmita Nayak
Contact: 86****0283
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- LGD code
- 395753
- Pincode
- 754220
- Post office
- Rajkanika
- Population
- 534
- Households
- 139
- Literacy rate
- 77%
- Sex ratio
- 1102 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 143
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 30 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 395 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaipadar Road · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nature Tech Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bajapur compares
By population, Bajapur ranks #101 of 168 villages in Rajkanika mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.0%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Bajapur
- 77.0%
- Rajkanika mandal
- 76.1%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,102
+14 vs mandal average
- Bajapur
- 1,102
- Rajkanika mandal
- 1,088
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Bajapur
- 3.8
- Rajkanika mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bajapur at a glance
Bajapur is a village of 534 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Rajkanika block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 101st-largest of 168 villages in Rajkanika block. Literacy is 77%, about the same as the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,102 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Kendrapara district centre, 3 km from Kaipadar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754220, served by Rajkanika post office; the LGD village code is 395753. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nature Tech Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Subhasmita Nayak, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 630 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bajapur
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PATTAMUNDAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Katanabania
- Total area (ha)
- 80
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bajapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bajapur
- LGD code
- 395753
- Pincode
- 754220
- Post office
- Rajkanika
- Population (Census 2011)
- 534
- Population (projected 2026)
- 630
- Households
- 139
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1102
- Literacy rate
- 77.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.11778°N, 85.61195°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Subhasmita Nayak
- Block / Mandal
- Rajkanika
- Nearest railway station
- Dhaulimuhan (4.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bajapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar30 kmcapital
- Kolkata395 km
- Hyderabad809 km
- Chennai967 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaipadar Road3 km
- Bus stopSCHOOL10 km
- Hospital / PHCNature Tech Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM3 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum4 km
- CollegeGandhi Institute for Education & Technology2 km
- Police stationSADAR POLICE STATION KHORDHA3 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Dhaulimuhan4.4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bajapur
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bajapur
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
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