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By population, Lahanda ranks #81 of 100 villages in Bisra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lahanda is a village of 367 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Bisra block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 81st-largest of 100 villages in Bisra block. Literacy is 68%, 11 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 764 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Sundargarh district centre, 23 km from Tora, the nearest town, 4 km from Godbhaga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 770035, served by Purnapani post office; the LGD village code is 384487. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Lahanda, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SUSHIL KUMAR TOPPO, and the village votes in Rairakhol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanna Acharya. The population is estimated at 433 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ankurpali →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lahanda · this village | 367 | 68% | — |
| Lahanda · Barbil | 865 | 42% | 0 km N |
| Lahanda · Attabira | 6,183 | 61% | 0 km N |
| Nuabatimunda · Attabira | 500 | 88% | 2.8 km N |
| Dumermunda · Saintala | 862 | 62% | 4.6 km SW |
| Dumermunda · Kesinga | 651 | 53% | 4.6 km SW |
| Dumermunda · Badmal | 398 | 74% | 4.6 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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