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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Suresh Bhuyan
Contact: 96****3198
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- LGD code
- 414821
- Pincode
- 761212
- Post office
- Narayanapur (Gajapati)
- Population
- 278
- Households
- 74
- Literacy rate
- 27.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1206 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 166
Census 2011 · in context
How Kuruda compares
By population, Kuruda ranks #60 of 158 villages in Rayagada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
27.7%
−13.3% vs mandal average
- Kuruda
- 27.7%
- Rayagada mandal
- 41.0%
- Gajapati district
- 45.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,206
+121 vs mandal average
- Kuruda
- 1,206
- Rayagada mandal
- 1,085
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Kuruda
- 3.8
- Rayagada mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kuruda at a glance
Kuruda is a village of 278 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Rayagada block, Gajapati district, Odisha, the 60th-largest of 158 villages in Rayagada block. Literacy is 28%, 13 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,206 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 761212, served by Narayanapur (Gajapati) post office; the LGD village code is 414821. The sarpanch is Suresh Bhuyan. The population is estimated at 328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kuruda
- LGD code
- 414821
- Pincode
- 761212
- Post office
- Narayanapur (Gajapati)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 328
- Households
- 74
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1206
- Literacy rate
- 27.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Suresh Bhuyan
- Block / Mandal
- Rayagada
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)