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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
SANTOSH KUMAR JENA
Contact: 93****2839
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- LGD code
- 410158
- Pincode
- 752032
- Population
- 429
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 82.8%
- Sex ratio
- 977 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 91
Census 2011 · in context
How Parala compares
By population, Parala ranks #50 of 96 villages in Krushna Prasad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
82.8%
+10.6% vs mandal average
- Parala
- 82.8%
- Krushna Prasad mandal
- 72.2%
- Puri district
- 76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
977
+35 vs mandal average
- Parala
- 977
- Krushna Prasad mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Parala
- 5.0
- Krushna Prasad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parala at a glance
Parala is a village of 429 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Krushna Prasad block, Puri district, Odisha, the 50th-largest of 96 villages in Krushna Prasad block. Literacy is 83%, 11 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752032; the LGD village code is 410158. The sarpanch is SANTOSH KUMAR JENA, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 506 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BANAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 48
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Berhampur
- Total area (ha)
- 116
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parala
- LGD code
- 410158
- Pincode
- 752032
- Population (Census 2011)
- 429
- Population (projected 2026)
- 506
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 977
- Literacy rate
- 82.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanjanagar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH KUMAR JENA
- Block / Mandal
- Krushna Prasad
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)