# Alavar Village, Balikuda, Jagatsinghapur (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Balikuda, Jagatsinghapur 

# Alavar

Alavar is a village in Balikuda sub-district of Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, PIN code **754140**. The 2011 Census counted **994 people in 220 households**, the 53rd largest of 223 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.1%.

- 994people (2011)
- 220households
- 88.3%literacy
- 754140PIN code

## Alavar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alavar is 754140.** Alavar falls in Balikuda sub-district, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha.

- PIN code754140
- Gram panchayatAlavar
- Community development blockBalikuda
- Census village code398308

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

## How far is Alavar from nearby towns?

- Balikuda (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Jagatsinghapur (district HQ)21 km by road
- Jagatsinghapur (nearest town)21 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 Alavar?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Alavar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Balikuda
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Balikuda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jagatsinghpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 15 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 Alavar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, gram and groundnut**. About 84% of the 143 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 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 Alavar

Of every 100 households in Alavar in 2011, 68 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alavar · ■ Balikuda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**82%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****57%**

**51%

Television ****52%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Alavar?

■ Alavar · ■ Balikuda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.3%**

**85.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**933

Working population ****29.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 82.9% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 105 (36%) · **■** Marginal 102 (35%)

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 Balikuda

- Ramatola1,015 people
- Sadeipur1,015 people
- Arilo1,009 people
- Nada1,002 people
- Khankarpur992 people
- Parahat992 people
- Sumada991 people
- Sarana972 people

[All 235 villages in Balikuda](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/jagatsinghapur/balikuda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alavar?754140
- How far is Alavar from Jagatsinghapur?21 km by road
- What is the population of Alavar?994 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alavar in?Jagatsinghapur district (Balikuda sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Alavar?88.3% (Census 2011)