# Gandamel Village, Patnagarh, Balangir (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Patnagarh, Balangir 

# Gandamel

Gandamel is a village in Patnagarh sub-district of Balangir district, Odisha, PIN code **767025**. The 2011 Census counted **346 people in 89 households**, the 151st largest of 190 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 346people (2011)
- 89households
- 77.6%literacy
- 767025PIN code

## Gandamel PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gandamel is 767025.** Gandamel falls in Patnagarh sub-district, Balangir district, Odisha.

- PIN code767025
- Gram panchayatKhuntasamalai
- Community development blockPatnagarh
- Census village code420557

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gandamel from nearby towns?

- Patnagarh (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Balangir (district HQ)53 km by road
- Patnagarh (nearest town)11 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gandamel?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Gandamel; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ghasian
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Ghasian
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patnagarh
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gandamel known for?

The main crops are **paddy and cotton**. About 85% of the 144 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gandamel

Of every 100 households in Gandamel in 2011, 16 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gandamel · ■ Patnagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**80%

Tap water ****12%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****54%**

**29%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****76%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gandamel?

■ Gandamel · ■ Patnagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**944

Working population ****52.3%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 67.3% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (35%) · **■** Household industry 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 24 (13%) · **■** Marginal 51 (28%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Patnagarh

- Barhamunda355 people
- Ghagara350 people
- Pandripani347 people
- Thelkochhapar347 people
- Dhodmahul343 people
- Badbichhilibahal341 people
- Nagenmal340 people
- San Bichhilibahal332 people

[All 190 villages in Patnagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/balangir/patnagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gandamel?767025
- How far is Gandamel from Balangir?53 km by road
- What is the population of Gandamel?346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandamel in?Balangir district (Patnagarh sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Gandamel?77.6% (Census 2011)