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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sagara is a village in Govindpur mandal, Sambalpur district, Odisha, with a population of 1,922 across 451 households and a literacy rate of 56.8%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GOLAPI BAGH
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- LGD code
- 381288
- Pincode
- 768224
- Post office
- Garposh
- Population
- 1,922
- Households
- 451
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1087 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,158
- Distance to district centre
- 305 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 241 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 381 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 471 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gorapur · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. B. Biswas · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sagara compares
By population, Sagara ranks #7 of 66 villages in Govindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.8%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Sagara
- 56.8%
- Govindpur mandal
- 61.6%
- Sambalpur district
- 67.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,087
+76 vs mandal average
- Sagara
- 1,087
- Govindpur mandal
- 1,011
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Sagara
- 4.3
- Govindpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sagara at a glance
Sagara is a village of 1,922 people in 451 households (Census 2011) in Govindpur block, Sambalpur district, Odisha, the 7th-largest of 66 villages in Govindpur block. Literacy is 57%, 5 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,087 women per 1,000 men. It lies 305 km from the Sambalpur district centre, 45 km from Srungavarapukota, the nearest town, 4 km from Gorapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768224, served by Garposh post office; the LGD village code is 381288. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. B. Biswas, 5 km away. The sarpanch is GOLAPI BAGH, and the village votes in Baliguda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chakramani Kanhar. The population is estimated at 2,542 in 2026, up 32% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sagara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJAGANGAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sagara
- Total area (ha)
- 635
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 76.9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sagara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sagara
- LGD code
- 381288
- Pincode
- 768224
- Post office
- Garposh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,922
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,542
- Households
- 451
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1087
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.37510°N, 82.81345°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baliguda
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chakramani Kanhar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GOLAPI BAGH
- Block / Mandal
- Govindpur
Getting there
How to reach Sagara
Nearest town · 28,304 people
Srungavarapukota · ≈ 45 km
≈ 1 h 33 min by car · 1 h 50 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar381 kmcapital
- Hyderabad471 km
- Chennai648 km
- Kolkata743 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGorapur4 km
- Bus stopKuridi Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. B. Biswas5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India34 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil34 km
- Police stationS Kota Police Station45 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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)