The village is well known from the British colonial era by extracting the good will of "Late Uchhab Chandra Pradhan".

Mobile and DTH services include Doordarshan, BSNL, Airtel, Jio and Vodafone-Idea etc, which are saving the village from its interior feeling.

Balakrushna Marga (Hawak Road of British time) which is 25 kms in length; that connects from Jarapada to Chhendipada-block and runs through the village.

The forests are managed by two committees, including 'Maa Durga Bana Sarankhyana Samiti' and provide wood-fuel for the village.

1) Demographics: The population of the village is around 4,500 including 3,243 voters (male and female), children and youth mass of below eighteen ages within it.

But due to communication through private vehicles to the nearest city Angul and by implementation of some government initiatives now the problem has overcome in many parts.

Other Oriya religious festivals like Pana Sankranti(Hanumana Jayanti), Akshyaya Trutiya (Mutthi Anukula), Raja Parba, Rakhi Purnima, Khudurukuni Osha, Shree Ganesh (Vinayaka) Chaturthi, Garvana Sankranti, Kumara Purnima, Deepavali (Diwali), Prathamastami, Manabasa (Mahalaxmi) Gurubara, Pausa Purnima, Makara Sankranti, Saraswati Puja, Holi and Basantika Durga Puja are observed ordinarily and serially according to the Oriya months.

Pakhala made from boiled rice with few vegetable and/or non-vegetable items are the daily food habit of the village people.

Local cakes like chakuli-pitha, poda-pitha, kakara-pitha, manda-pitha, arisha-pitha, enduri-pitha and tala-bara are favourite foods at the time of festivals and celebrations.