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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIRIMA MAJHI
Contact: 75****2746
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- LGD code
- 426550
- Pincode
- 765002
- Post office
- Rayagada S.F.
- Population
- 113
- Households
- 37
- Literacy rate
- 10.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1260 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 79
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 282 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 557 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ladda · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pujaribanbu compares
By population, Pujaribanbu ranks #70 of 92 villages in Seskhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
10.6%
−21.6% vs mandal average
- Pujaribanbu
- 10.6%
- Seskhal mandal
- 32.2%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,260
+145 vs mandal average
- Pujaribanbu
- 1,260
- Seskhal mandal
- 1,115
Household size
people per home
3.1
−1.3 vs mandal average
- Pujaribanbu
- 3.1
- Seskhal mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pujaribanbu at a glance
Pujaribanbu is a village of 113 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Seskhal block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 70th-largest of 92 villages in Seskhal block. Literacy is 11%, 22 points below the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 1,260 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Rayagada district centre, 52 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 4 km from Ladda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765002, served by Rayagada S.F. post office; the LGD village code is 426550. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home, 5 km away. The sarpanch is BIRIMA MAJHI. The population is estimated at 133 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pujaribanbu
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 51
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baisingi
- Total area (ha)
- 74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 12.33
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pujaribanbu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pujaribanbu
- LGD code
- 426550
- Pincode
- 765002
- Post office
- Rayagada S.F.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 113
- Population (projected 2026)
- 133
- Households
- 37
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1260
- Literacy rate
- 10.6%
- Coordinates
- 19.12832°N, 83.43434°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIRIMA MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Seskhal
Getting there
How to reach Pujaribanbu
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 52 km
≈ 1 h 47 min by car · 2 h 7 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar282 kmcapital
- Hyderabad557 km
- Kolkata639 km
- Chennai752 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLadda4 km
- Bus stopPitamahel Bus Stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCKumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home5 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank6 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station39 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management2 km
- Police stationl. police station8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pujaribanbu
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Pujaribanbu
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Rayagada Institute of Technology and ManagementCollege2.2 km ↗
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)