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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
NILANDRI MAJHI
Contact: 77****6966
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- LGD code
- 427331
- Pincode
- 764073
- Post office
- Umerkote
- Population
- 3,434
- Households
- 741
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,576
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 317 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 522 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakshmipur Road · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur · 25 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Burja compares
By population, Burja ranks #8 of 102 villages in Umarkote mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
+11.1% vs mandal average
- Burja
- 48.1%
- Umarkote mandal
- 37.0%
- Nabarangpur district
- 38.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
−31 vs mandal average
- Burja
- 975
- Umarkote mandal
- 1,006
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Burja
- 4.6
- Umarkote mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Burja at a glance
Burja is a village of 3,434 people in 741 households (Census 2011) in Umarkote block, Nabarangpur district, Odisha, the 8th-largest of 102 villages in Umarkote block. Literacy is 48%, 11 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Nabarangpur district centre, 59 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 2 km from Lakshmipur Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764073, served by Umerkote post office; the LGD village code is 427331. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur, 25 km away. The sarpanch is NILANDRI MAJHI. The population is estimated at 4,049 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Burja
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- UMARKOTE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Burja
- Total area (ha)
- 944
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 152.91
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Burja
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Burja
- LGD code
- 427331
- Pincode
- 764073
- Post office
- Umerkote
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,434
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,049
- Households
- 741
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.00940°N, 83.12672°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NILANDRI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Umarkote
Getting there
How to reach Burja
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 59 km
≈ 2 h 1 min by car · 2 h 24 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar317 kmcapital
- Hyderabad522 km
- Kolkata673 km
- Chennai726 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakshmipur Road2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur25 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India35 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management33 km
- Police stationKusa33 km
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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
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