This led to people of Padampur town to relocated to multiple nearby small villages located in higher altitudes.

The Mahanadi river with Hirakud reservoir backwater is at a distance of 2 km from the village.

The village is situated at 21.47° north longitude and 83.34° east latitude and at a height of 649–682 feet above mean sea level.

So it is well connected to the district headquarter Jharsuguda and nearest city Raigarh in Chhattisgarh via road.

It is well connected to neighbouring villages through pukka roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gramya Sadak Yojna.

The nearest major railway stations in Odisha are Belpahar (40 km) and Jharsuguda.

Bhikamppali gram panchayat is the local administrative body for Bhikampali village.

Electorally elected Sarpanch serves a term of 5 years as the head of the gram panchayat.

But from the past two decades, two major mines of TRL Krosaki[6] and OCL India[7] are operational in the nearby Chhelia Pahad hill.

It is one of the reputed primary education institution in the area with students constantly doing well in district level over the years.

Being closer to Chhattisgarh, Laria and Hindi languages are widely spoken and understood in the village.

Nama Yangya and Nuakhai Bhetghat are other regular annual events in the village.

Regular sporting events involving Cricket and Football are held in the village annually.

Sankirtan, Pala, Dramatic events and Fishing are the other forms of leisure for the villagers Only a decade old, the new Padmasini temple is a major tourist attraction.

The nearby Ghanteswari Temple and boating facilities in Hirakud reservoir brings many people to the village.

Remnants of those temples submerged in Hirakud dam backwater are still present to this date.