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The station is located 15km from the Balangir station, and will be part of the upcoming 289km Khurda-Balangir line. However, the people of Jhar Balangir, another village in the area, wanted the station to be named after their hamlet. Farmers shifted to Jhar Balangir which has electricity and ponds. BALANGIR: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Balangir-Bichhupali railway line on Tuesday, one of smallest villages in Odisha will get a station named after it.Bichhupali in Balangir district has a population of 20. All the three villages — Bichhupali, Bhainsapali and Jhar Balangir — are part of Bubel panchayat..