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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
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pankajini Kumura
Contact: 63****1375
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- LGD code
- 382012
- Pincode
- 768107
- Post office
- Jamankira
- Population
- 271
- Households
- 78
- Literacy rate
- 62%
- Sex ratio
- 1101 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 152
Census 2011 · in context
How Balarama compares
By population, Balarama ranks #90 of 186 villages in Jamankira mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.0%
Same as the mandal average
Balarama62.0%
Jamankira mandal62.0%
Sambalpur district67.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,101
+91 vs mandal average
Balarama1,101
Jamankira mandal1,010
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
Balarama3.5
Jamankira mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balarama at a glance
Balarama is a village of 271 people in 78 households (Census 2011) in Jamankira block, Sambalpur district, Odisha, the 90th-largest of 186 villages in Jamankira block. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,101 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768107, served by Jamankira post office; the LGD village code is 382012. The sarpanch is Pankajini Kumura, and the village votes in Attabira assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nihar Ranjan Mahanand. The population is estimated at 320 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kulundi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balarama · this village | 271 | 62% | — |
| Kulundi · Jamankira | 1,392 | 70% | — |
| Kadalipal · Jamankira | 1,041 | 56% | — |
| Bandhabahal · Jamankira | 746 | 69% | — |
| Kusuli · Jamankira | 602 | 65% | — |
| Goudpali · Jamankira | 556 | 67% | — |
| Nuabaghara · Jamankira | 536 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balarama
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAMBALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kulundi
- Total area (ha)
- 229
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 108.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balarama
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balarama
- LGD code
- 382012
- Pincode
- 768107
- Post office
- Jamankira
- Population (Census 2011)
- 271
- Population (projected 2026)
- 320
- Households
- 78
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1101
- Literacy rate
- 62.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Attabira
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nihar Ranjan Mahanand
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pankajini Kumura
- Block / Mandal
- Jamankira
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 768107
- JamankiraJamankira mandal4,266 pop
- MundhianipaliJamankira mandal1,903 pop
- TiklipadaJamankira mandal1,818 pop
- BhojpurKochinda mandal1,742 pop
- ChinimahulJamankira mandal1,636 pop
- KatarkelaKochinda mandal1,410 pop
- KulundiJamankira mandal1,392 pop
- GunduruchuanKochinda mandal1,201 pop
- NuaburdaJamankira mandal1,169 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balarama
Other villages in Jamankira mandal
View all 60+ →- Jamankira
- Mundhianipali
- Tiklipada
- Chinimahul
- Kulundi
- Nuaburda
- Katangpani
- Guljipali
- Kharsanmal
- Kadalipal
- Kuagola
- Mendhabahal
- Kenadhipa
- Kumkapali
- Manapali
- Fasimal
- Ladampali
- Gariabahal
- Kanibandhali
- Budelkani
- Lodhaposi
- Bandhabahal
- Tulub
- Badmal
- Sarbe
- Nagrabahal
- Tikiba
- Kusuli
- Kharmunda
- Odsingh
- Sudbalanda
- Barhamundi
- Ghosaraguda
- Badibahal(M)
- Goudpali
- Kasada
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)