 Bina Pani nursery school is the oldest (1986) English/Odia primary school consist lkg to STD 5th

BJP, BJD & INC are the major political parties in this area.See Digapahandi (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency).The town has one tehsil office, one block office, one JMFRC court, two post offices, one government hospital, one police station, one fire station, one irrigation office, one fishery office, one veterinary, one govt guest house, one sub jail, one excise office & banks namely SBI, Canara, Andhra, BOI, Axis, Baroda etc.