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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Badu is a village in Gunupur mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha, with a population of 78 across 19 households. The village has a literacy rate of 28.2% and is located at coordinates 19.301°N, 83.667°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHASKAR KADRAKA
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- LGD code
- 426678
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population
- 78
- Households
- 19
- Literacy rate
- 28.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 47
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 251 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 587 km
- Nearest railway station
- Therubali · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Medical Jangili · 26 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Badu compares
By population, Badu ranks #191 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
28.2%
−14.7% vs mandal average
- Badu
- 28.2%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−50 vs mandal average
- Badu
- 1,000
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Badu
- 4.1
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badu at a glance
Badu is a village of 78 people in 19 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 191st-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 28%, 15 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Rayagada district centre, 26 km from Therubali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765029, served by Ramanaguda post office; the LGD village code is 426678. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Medical Jangili, 26 km away. The sarpanch is BHASKAR KADRAKA. The population is estimated at 92 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 80
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sundhidhamini
- Total area (ha)
- 167
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Badu
- LGD code
- 426678
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 78
- Population (projected 2026)
- 92
- Households
- 19
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 28.2%
- Coordinates
- 19.30088°N, 83.66668°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHASKAR KADRAKA
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Badu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar251 kmcapital
- Hyderabad587 km
- Kolkata608 km
- Chennai781 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTherubali26 km
- Bus stopKisiri9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Medical Jangili26 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank30 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station35 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management32 km
- Police stationl. police station29 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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