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'144 Students, Three Classrooms': School At Village In Odisha's Sambalpur Yet Another Victim Of Official Apathy
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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
SANJAY KUMAR PRADHAN
Contact: 83****8123
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- LGD code
- 382289
- Pincode
- 768106
- Post office
- Rairakhol
- Population
- 332
- Households
- 81
- Literacy rate
- 80.4%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 214
Census 2011 · in context
How Khubel compares
By population, Khubel ranks #16 of 61 villages in Charamal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.4%
+13.9% vs mandal average
Khubel80.4%
Charamal mandal66.5%
Sambalpur district67.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−109 vs mandal average
Khubel876
Charamal mandal985
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
Khubel4.1
Charamal mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khubel at a glance
Khubel is a village of 332 people in 81 households (Census 2011) in Charamal block, Sambalpur district, Odisha, the 16th-largest of 61 villages in Charamal block. Literacy is 80%, 14 points above the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768106, served by Rairakhol post office; the LGD village code is 382289. The sarpanch is SANJAY KUMAR PRADHAN, and the village votes in Kuchinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rabi Narayan Naik. The population is estimated at 391 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Charmal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khubel · this village | 332 | 80% | — |
| Charmal · Rairakhol | 1,556 | 78% | — |
| Rasibeda · Rairakhol | 675 | 76% | — |
| Keutibahal · Rairakhol | 396 | 64% | — |
| Jhankarpada · Charamal | 314 | 75% | — |
| Brahmapura · Charamal | 265 | 61% | — |
| Barihasahi · Charamal | 232 | 56% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khubel
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- REDHAKHOL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Charmal
- Total area (ha)
- 665
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 343.33
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khubel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khubel
- LGD code
- 382289
- Pincode
- 768106
- Post office
- Rairakhol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 332
- Population (projected 2026)
- 391
- Households
- 81
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 80.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kuchinda
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rabi Narayan Naik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJAY KUMAR PRADHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Charamal
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 768106
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Khubel
Other villages in Charamal mandal
View all 60+ →- Badmal
- Mochibahal
- Helei
- Rengali
- Dangapathar
- Kuakhol
- Satsama
- Nuapara
- Gargadbahal
- Musakata
- Brahmanipali
- Saiberni
- Sunamudi
- Badhindol
- Kandhal
- Hariharajore-R.F.(Tutamunda)
- Badakhol
- Jhankarpada
- Sangrampur
- Sarapal
- Badaberna
- Hindolsan
- Kadalipali
- Brahmapura
- Bhatpura Alias Badmugpal
- Kasanda
- Gopalpur
- Telighana
- Barihasahi
- Tudabahal
- Bhaliakata
- Palsamal
- Lamtidadar
- Guhiradadar
- Jhamakarai
- Mugpal
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)