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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Padmalochan Sha
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- LGD code
- 386905
- Pincode
- 758025
- Post office
- Kushaleswar
- Population
- 2,290
- Households
- 458
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1052 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 614
Census 2011 · in context
How Baripal compares
By population, Baripal ranks #6 of 133 villages in Ghasipura mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.4%
−24.7% vs mandal average
Baripal42.4%
Ghasipura mandal67.1%
Kendujhar district58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,052
+62 vs mandal average
Baripal1,052
Ghasipura mandal990
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
Baripal5.0
Ghasipura mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baripal at a glance
Baripal is a village of 2,290 people in 458 households (Census 2011) in Ghasipura block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 6th-largest of 133 villages in Ghasipura block. Literacy is 42%, 25 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 758025, served by Kushaleswar post office; the LGD village code is 386905. The sarpanch is Padmalochan Sha, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 2,700 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baripal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baripal · this village | 2,290 | 42% | — |
| Narangpur · Ghasipura | 1,830 | 73% | — |
| Santra · Ghasipura | 565 | 51% | — |
| Raipur · Ghasipura | 469 | 74% | — |
| Nuabaripal · Ghasipura | 344 | 14% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baripal
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANANDAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 97
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kesadurapal
- Total area (ha)
- 1,337
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 831.65
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baripal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baripal
- LGD code
- 386905
- Pincode
- 758025
- Post office
- Kushaleswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,290
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,700
- Households
- 458
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1052
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Padmalochan Sha
- Block / Mandal
- Ghasipura
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)