By population, Badapokharia ranks #1 of 41 villages in Nirakarpur mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badapokharia is a village of 4,267 people in 815 households (Census 2011) in Nirakarpur block, Khordha district, Odisha, the largest of 41 villages in Nirakarpur block. Literacy is 78%, 2 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Khordha district centre, 4 km from Bhusandpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 751019, served by Dumduma Housing Board Colony post office; the LGD village code is 408003. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Badapokharia, <1 km away. The sarpanch is RUNU SETHI, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 5,031 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badapokharia →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badapokharia · this village | 4,267 | 78% | — |
| Badapokharia · Nihalprasad | 624 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Badapokharia · Khandapada | 5 | 100% | 0 km N |
| Nirakarpur · Banarpal | 122 | 48% | 5.2 km E |
| Jankia · Satyabadi | 1,476 | 71% | 6.1 km NE |
| Jankia · Ranapur | 2,670 | 67% | 6.1 km NE |
| Jankia · Jankia | 1,266 | 69% | 6.1 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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