Paikmal | |
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Town | |
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  Paikmal Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Paikmal Paikmal (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:20°55′N82°49′E / 20.917°N 82.817°E /20.917; 82.817 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Bargarh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Block, Notified Area Council(NAC) |
| Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,916 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| • Local | Sambalpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 768039 |
| Vehicle registration | OD17 |
| Website | odisha |
Paikmal is a town and Notified Area Council (NAC) inBargarh district ofOdisha state in eastern India.
Paikmal is located at20°33′N82°29′E / 20.55°N 82.49°E /20.55; 82.49. It has an average elevation of 265 metres (869 ft). It is almost 107 kilometres (66 mi) from its district headquarters,Bargarh. It is about 477 kilometres (296 mi) from its capital city ofBhubaneshwar.Paikmal is ablock ofPadampur subdivision, distance from Paikmal toPadampur is about 31 kilometres (19 mi). One can reach Pailmal from Padampur Bargarh District.
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[1] Paikmal had a population of 3,916. Male population was 2,027 and female population was 1,889, this is little low to compare with males population. Paikmal has an literacy rate about nearly 61%.
CurrentMLA fromPadmapur Assembly Constituency is Barsha Singh Bariha ofBJD. The formerMLA fromPadampur Assembly Constituency was Pradeep Purohit ofBJP from 2014 till 2018.[2]