Baripada
Baripada is a town in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block and Panchayat Samiti of Mayurbhanj district.
As on December 2024, the current population of Baripada is 1.3 lakhs out of which 67.4 thousands are males and rest 62.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 932 females per 1000 males. There are around 11.2 thousands teenagers in Baripada. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 1.03 lakhs persons can read and write. Total 14.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 23 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 29.4 thousands households in Baripada, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 44.9 thousands.
Schools
Baripada has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Maharaja Purna Chandra Higher Secondary School Baripada
- Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Baripada
- St. Annes Convent School
- St. Marys Convent School
- M.K.C.High School
Baripada Panchayat Samiti
Sundar Singh is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Baripada, who can be contacted at email address ori-baripada@nic.in and mobile number 89172xxx65. The Block landline number is 06792-25**38. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Debasish Mohapatra, who can be reached at email address pg.bdobpdsadar@gmail.com and mobile number 89174xxx36. The Block address is AT-Baripada Panchayat Samiti, Palbani, Baripada, Pincode - 757001. You can reach there by taking a bus till Private Bus Stand,Satya Sai Chowk which is around 3 km away. The Block has internet facility.Baripada Panchayat Samiti consists of total 11 Gram Panchayat.