Turekela, Balangir
Turekela is a Block, Tehsil and Panchayat Samiti in the Balangir district of Odisha.
As on April 2024, the current population of Turekela is 2.4 thousands out of which 1.2 thousands are males and rest 1.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this place is 967 females per 1000 males. There are around 290 teenagers in Turekela. It has literacy rate of 48% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 339 people belonging to scheduled caste and 593 scheduled tribe people live in the place. There are around 649 households in Turekela, which means every family has 4 members on average. The place has working population of 1 thousands.
Schools
Turekela has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Jmj English Medium School
- Kantabanji Vocational Higher Secondary School Kantabanji
- Saraswati Sishumandir (Hindi)
- St.Xaviers High School
- Lion Public High School
Turekela Panchayat Samiti
Anu Bhue is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Turekela, who can be contacted at email address bhueanu11@gmail.com and mobile number 99385xxx11. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Manoranjan Panigrahi, who can be reached at email address ori-tureikela@nic.in and mobile number 98616xxx77. The Block address is "AT-Turekela PO-Turekela Dist-Balangir Sub-Division-Titilaga, Pincode - 767060. You can reach there by taking a bus till Side Of Block Office Turekela bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.There are three computers, one laptop, three printers and one scanner available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Turekela Panchayat Samiti consists of total 19 Gram Panchayat.
- Badbanki
- Baddakla
- Buromal
- Chatuanka
- Chaulsukha
- Dhamandanga
- Dholmandal
- Ghunesh
- Halanbhata
- Hial
- Jharani
- Kameimunda
- Kandei
- Karuanmunda
- Khagsa
- Kuibahal
- Mahakhand
- Mahulpati
- Turekela
Turekela Gram Panchayat
Turekela is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Turekela Tehsil in Balangir district of Odisha, which falls under Turekela block. Kunti Suna is the President of Turekela Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address sunakunti442@gmail.com and mobile number 96687xxx44. The Secretary is Nakula Kumar Nag, who can be reached at email address nakulkumarnag232@gmail.com and mobile number 99384xxx45. The Panchayat address is AT/PO Turekela, Pincode - 767060. You can reach there by taking a bus till Turekela bus stop.
Covered villages
Turekela Gram Panchayat manages total 7 villages.