# Balandapara Village, Gochhapada, Kandhamal (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Gochhapada, Kandhamal 

# Balandapara

Balandapara is a village in Gochhapada sub-district of Kandhamal district, Odisha, PIN code **762002**. The 2011 Census counted **1,326 people in 367 households**, the 2nd largest of 227 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 1,326people (2011)
- 367households
- 64.0%literacy
- 762002PIN code

## Balandapara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balandapara is 762002.** Balandapara falls in Gochhapada sub-district, Kandhamal district, Odisha.

- PIN code762002
- Gram panchayatBalandapada
- Community development blockPhiringia
- Census village code415124

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

## How far is Balandapara from nearby towns?

- Gochhapada (sub-district HQ)41 km by road
- Phulbani (district HQ)46 km by road
- Phulabani (nearest town)48 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 Balandapara?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Balandapara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 7 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Phiringia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Phulbani
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Phulbani
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 22 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 Balandapara known for?

The main crops are **paddy, til and mustard**. About 60% of the 262 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 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 Balandapara

Of every 100 households in Balandapara in 2011, 32 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balandapara · ■ Gochhapada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****47%**

**49%

Television ****5%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**7%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**48%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Balandapara?

■ Balandapara · ■ Gochhapada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**1047

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1084**

**963

Working population ****53.8%**

**51.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 47.4% for women. 57% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (10%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 198 (28%) · **■** Marginal 332 (46%)

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 Gochhapada

- Gochhapada1,792 people
- Solaguda827 people
- Baghdunguri779 people
- Palabrudi713 people
- Pakari673 people

[All 242 villages in Gochhapada](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kandhamal/gochhapada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balandapara?762002
- How far is Balandapara from Phulbani?46 km by road
- What is the population of Balandapara?1,326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balandapara in?Kandhamal district (Gochhapada sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Balandapara?64.0% (Census 2011)