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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR BAGHA
Contact: 72****7051
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- LGD code
- 404546
- Pincode
- 759126
- Post office
- Rajkishorenagar
- Population
- 403
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 56.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1077 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 273
Census 2011 · in context
How Kandhal compares
By population, Kandhal ranks #26 of 64 villages in Handapa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.1%
−10.5% vs mandal average
- Kandhal
- 56.1%
- Handapa mandal
- 66.6%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,077
+99 vs mandal average
- Kandhal
- 1,077
- Handapa mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kandhal
- 4.4
- Handapa mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandhal at a glance
Kandhal is a village of 403 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Handapa block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 26th-largest of 64 villages in Handapa block. Literacy is 56%, 10 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,077 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759126, served by Rajkishorenagar post office; the LGD village code is 404546. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR BAGHA, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by Ramesh Chandra Behera.
Gram panchayat: Nakehi →
Key facts — Kandhal
- LGD code
- 404546
- Pincode
- 759126
- Post office
- Rajkishorenagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 403
- Population (projected 2026)
- 475
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1077
- Literacy rate
- 56.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR BAGHA
- Block / Mandal
- Handapa
Same pincode
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- KadalimundaKishorenagar mandal1,593 pop
- TurudaKishorenagar mandal1,510 pop
- GhosarKishorenagar mandal1,488 pop
- BaizaKishorenagar mandal1,408 pop
- KadalimundaKishorenagar mandal1,273 pop
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- Badabahal
- Gundurimunda
- Jamujhari
- Nagajharan
- Madhupur
- Bidising
- Kuajhari
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- Saradhamunda
- Hinjirida
- Kanteikolia
- Badibahal
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)