# Palikanta Village, Ersama, Jagatsinghapur (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Ersama, Jagatsinghapur 

# Palikanta

Palikanta is a village in Ersama sub-district of Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, PIN code **754139**. The 2011 Census counted **601 people in 157 households**, the 56th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 601people (2011)
- 157households
- 82.8%literacy
- 754139PIN code

## Palikanta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Palikanta is 754139.** Palikanta falls in Ersama sub-district, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha.

- PIN code754139
- Gram panchayatPalikanta
- Community development blockErsama
- Census village code397346

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

## How far is Palikanta from nearby towns?

- Ersama (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jagatsinghapur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Paradip (nearest town)50 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 Palikanta?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Palikanta; 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · K.C.Pur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · K.C.Pur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Deuli
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 17 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 Palikanta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include bamboo products. About 67% of the 93 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Palikanta

Of every 100 households in Palikanta in 2011, 44 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palikanta · ■ Ersama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**85%

Tap water ****22%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**65%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Palikanta?

■ Palikanta · ■ Ersama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**928

Working population ****59.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 79.6% for women. 58% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 147 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (8%) · **■** Household industry 18 (5%) · **■** Other work 56 (16%) · **■** Marginal 107 (30%)

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 Ersama

- Pokhariapada658 people
- Talakusuma654 people
- Bhejibaripachara639 people
- Ganeswarpur614 people
- Mallipur600 people
- Dhobei599 people
- Jasapur596 people
- Atimati586 people

[All 157 villages in Ersama](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/jagatsinghapur/ersama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Palikanta?754139
- How far is Palikanta from Jagatsinghapur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Palikanta?601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palikanta in?Jagatsinghapur district (Ersama sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Palikanta?82.8% (Census 2011)