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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEBARAJ PUTEL
Contact: 91****6702
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- LGD code
- 420893
- Pincode
- 767060
- Post office
- Turekela
- Population
- 954
- Households
- 263
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1013 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 542
Census 2011 · in context
How Kandei compares
By population, Kandei ranks #10 of 43 villages in Turekela mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
+7.4% vs mandal average
- Kandei
- 46.6%
- Turekela mandal
- 39.2%
- Balangir district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,013
−18 vs mandal average
- Kandei
- 1,013
- Turekela mandal
- 1,031
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kandei
- 3.6
- Turekela mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandei at a glance
Kandei is a village of 954 people in 263 households (Census 2011) in Turekela block, Balangir district, Odisha, the 10th-largest of 43 villages in Turekela block. Literacy is 47%, 7 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,013 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767060, served by Turekela post office; the LGD village code is 420893. The sarpanch is DEBARAJ PUTEL, and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 1,125 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kandei →
Key facts — Kandei
- LGD code
- 420893
- Pincode
- 767060
- Post office
- Turekela
- Population (Census 2011)
- 954
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,125
- Households
- 263
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1013
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEBARAJ PUTEL
- Block / Mandal
- Turekela
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Other villages in Turekela mandal
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- Baddakla
- Muribahal
- Budhibahal
- Charpani
- Khutulumunda
- Hial
- Ghunesh
- Kushpali
- Salemudgaon
- Kameimunda
- Dholmandal
- Khujen
- Bhalukuna
- Mundkani
- Bahabal
- Mandala
- Sanbanki
- Tentelkhunti
- Malpamunda
- Banjipali
- Bariali
- Salepara
- Gargadbahal
- Gabhara
- Jamki
- Debriamunda
- Bandhanpali
- Patimal
- Bharuakani
- Damnichuan
- Dhusamunda
- Gurjibhata
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)