By population, Ghiakhala ranks #36 of 112 villages in Balugaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghiakhala is a village of 709 people in 166 households (Census 2011) in Balugaon block, Khordha district, Odisha, the 36th-largest of 112 villages in Balugaon block. Literacy is 66%, 5 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,116 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752030, served by Balugaon post office; the LGD village code is 408271. The sarpanch is SNEHALATA SETHI. The population is estimated at 836 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Singheswar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghiakhala · this village | 709 | 66% | — |
| Singeswar · Balugaon | 1,495 | 74% | — |
| Gobardhanpur · Balugaon | 1,435 | 69% | — |
| Dhuanla · Balugaon | 952 | 56% | — |
| Raghunathpur · Balugaon | 896 | 54% | — |
| (Koduapur) · Balugaon | 886 | 67% | — |
| Patasanipur · Balugaon | 819 | 68% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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