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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
RUPALI KANDI
Contact: 98****2163
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- LGD code
- 409307
- Pincode
- 752111
- Post office
- Konark
- Population
- 538
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 87.7%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 174
- Distance to district centre
- 121 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 13 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 355 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barang Junction · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Laxmi Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bamara compares
By population, Bamara ranks #62 of 98 villages in Kakatpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
87.7%
+12.4% vs mandal average
- Bamara
- 87.7%
- Kakatpur mandal
- 75.3%
- Puri district
- 76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−68 vs mandal average
- Bamara
- 894
- Kakatpur mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
5.3
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Bamara
- 5.3
- Kakatpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamara at a glance
Bamara is a village of 538 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Kakatpur block, Puri district, Odisha, the 62nd-largest of 98 villages in Kakatpur block. Literacy is 88%, 12 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Puri district centre, 1 km from Barang Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 752111, served by Konark post office; the LGD village code is 409307. The nearest hospital or health centre is Laxmi Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RUPALI KANDI, and the village votes in Jatani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray. The population is estimated at 634 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bamara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KONARK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kurujanga
- Total area (ha)
- 111
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bamara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bamara
- LGD code
- 409307
- Pincode
- 752111
- Post office
- Konark
- Population (Census 2011)
- 538
- Population (projected 2026)
- 634
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 87.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.41681°N, 85.83087°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhubaneswar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jatani
- Member of Parliament
- Aparajita Sarangi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUPALI KANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Kakatpur
Getting there
How to reach Bamara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar13 kmcapital
- Kolkata355 km
- Hyderabad843 km
- Chennai1007 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarang Junction1 km
- Bus stopNandankanan Bus Stand3 km
- Hospital / PHCLaxmi Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankAndhra Bank - Raghunathpur Branch3 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump Sri Sri Filling Station4 km
- CollegeRadhanath Institute of Advance Studies in Education6 km
- Police stationNandankanan Police Station3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bamara
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bamara
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Nadan Kanan High SchoolHigh school2.7 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)