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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KOUSHALYA MEHER
Contact: 78****7624
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- LGD code
- 422201
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population
- 2,293
- Households
- 551
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 1036 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 712
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 327 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 538 km
- Nearest railway station
- Junagarh Road · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment Hospital Karangamal. · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gandabahali compares
By population, Gandabahali ranks #5 of 123 villages in Sinapali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
+14.3% vs mandal average
- Gandabahali
- 61.0%
- Sinapali mandal
- 46.7%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,036
+24 vs mandal average
- Gandabahali
- 1,036
- Sinapali mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Gandabahali
- 4.2
- Sinapali mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gandabahali at a glance
Gandabahali is a village of 2,293 people in 551 households (Census 2011) in Sinapali block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 123 villages in Sinapali block. Literacy is 61%, 14 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Nuapada district centre, 39 km from Junagarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766118, served by Duajhar post office; the LGD village code is 422201. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment Hospital Karangamal., 7 km away. The sarpanch is KOUSHALYA MEHER, and the village votes in Kantabanji assembly constituency, represented by MLA Laxman Bag. The population is estimated at 2,703 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gandabahali
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 2
- 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
- 1
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHARIAR ROAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 98
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gandabahali
- Total area (ha)
- 451
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 32.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gandabahali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gandabahali
- LGD code
- 422201
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,293
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,703
- Households
- 551
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1036
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.13520°N, 82.69200°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kantabanji
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Laxman Bag
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KOUSHALYA MEHER
- Block / Mandal
- Sinapali
Getting there
How to reach Gandabahali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar327 kmcapital
- Hyderabad538 km
- Kolkata647 km
- Chennai825 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJunagarh Road39 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment Hospital Karangamal.7 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji42 km
- Police stationJharigaon police Station58 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)