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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
NISHIPADMA KANDI
Contact: 78****3752
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- LGD code
- 407513
- Pincode
- 751031
- Population
- 859
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 79.6%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 314
Census 2011 · in context
How Marchia compares
By population, Marchia ranks #7 of 12 villages in Nandankanan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.6%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Marchia
- 79.6%
- Nandankanan mandal
- 78.3%
- Khordha district
- 77.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
−8 vs mandal average
- Marchia
- 948
- Nandankanan mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Marchia
- 4.9
- Nandankanan mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marchia at a glance
Marchia is a village of 859 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Nandankanan block, Khordha district, Odisha, the 7th-largest of 12 villages in Nandankanan block. Literacy is 80%, 1 points above the block average of 78% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 751031; the LGD village code is 407513. The sarpanch is NISHIPADMA KANDI, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 1,013 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dadha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marchia · this village | 859 | 80% | — |
| Padasahi · Nandankanan | 2,642 | 78% | — |
| Balipada · Nandankanan | 1,417 | 74% | — |
| Dadha · Nandankanan | 715 | 79% | — |
| Jhinkardiha · Nandankanan | 555 | 76% | — |
| Kantunia · Nandankanan | 453 | 77% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marchia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- 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
- No
- 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
- BHUBANESWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 57
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dadha
- Total area (ha)
- 179
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 11
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marchia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marchia
- LGD code
- 407513
- Pincode
- 751031
- Population (Census 2011)
- 859
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,013
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 79.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NISHIPADMA KANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Nandankanan
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 751031
- PadasahiNandankanan mandal2,642 pop
- BarimundaMancheswar mandal2,555 pop
- KalyanpurNandankanan mandal2,018 pop
- BalipadaNandankanan mandal1,417 pop
- DhauaNandankanan mandal1,137 pop
- KhairapadaNandankanan mandal574 pop
- JhinkardihaNandankanan mandal555 pop
- KantuniaNandankanan mandal453 pop
- NuabantaNandankanan mandal238 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Marchia
Other villages in Nandankanan mandal
View all 12 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)