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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
BHUMATI GHIBELA
Contact: 91****1668
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- LGD code
- 419772
- Pincode
- 767016
- Post office
- Tarbha
- Population
- 817
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 508
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 98 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 267 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 535 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dungripali · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Satyawadi Clinic · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arda compares
By population, Arda ranks #35 of 196 villages in Tarbha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.8%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Arda
- 55.8%
- Tarbha mandal
- 59.0%
- Sonepur district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
−23 vs mandal average
- Arda
- 964
- Tarbha mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Arda
- 3.6
- Tarbha mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arda at a glance
Arda is a village of 817 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Tarbha block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 35th-largest of 196 villages in Tarbha block. Literacy is 56%, 3 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Sonepur district centre, 34 km from Tora, the nearest town, 16 km from Dungripali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 767016, served by Tarbha post office; the LGD village code is 419772. The nearest hospital or health centre is Satyawadi Clinic, 15 km away. The sarpanch is BHUMATI GHIBELA, and the village votes in Titlagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nabin Kumar Jain. The population is estimated at 963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- TARBHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 43
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Singhari
- Total area (ha)
- 198
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 17.55
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arda
- LGD code
- 419772
- Pincode
- 767016
- Post office
- Tarbha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 817
- Population (projected 2026)
- 963
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Coordinates
- 21.13397°N, 83.42105°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Titlagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nabin Kumar Jain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHUMATI GHIBELA
- Block / Mandal
- Tarbha
- Nearest PHC
- Kabiraj Ajit Kumar Sahu Chikitsalaya (96.3 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Rahenbata (95.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Arda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar267 kmcapital
- Kolkata535 km
- Hyderabad665 km
- Chennai956 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDungripali16 km
- Hospital / PHCSatyawadi Clinic15 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)