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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kotapur is a village in Dharmasala mandal, Jajapur district, Odisha, with a population of 2,026 across 422 households and a literacy rate of 75.2%.
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sunakar Behera
Contact: 98****6341
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- LGD code
- 401326
- Pincode
- 755010
- Post office
- Kaipara
- Population
- 2,026
- Households
- 422
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 522
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 98 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 97 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 268 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baudpur · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dhusuri Area Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kotapur compares
By population, Kotapur ranks #23 of 277 villages in Dharmasala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.2%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Kotapur
- 75.2%
- Dharmasala mandal
- 70.9%
- Jajapur district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−9 vs mandal average
- Kotapur
- 952
- Dharmasala mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kotapur
- 4.8
- Dharmasala mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotapur at a glance
Kotapur is a village of 2,026 people in 422 households (Census 2011) in Dharmasala block, Jajapur district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 277 villages in Dharmasala block. Literacy is 75%, 4 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Jajapur district centre, 26 km from Baudpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 755010, served by Kaipara post office; the LGD village code is 401326. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dhusuri Area Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Sunakar Behera , and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 2,389 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kotapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAJAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kotapur
- Total area (ha)
- 77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.01
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kotapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kotapur
- LGD code
- 401326
- Pincode
- 755010
- Post office
- Kaipara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,026
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,389
- Households
- 422
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.84518°N, 86.55317°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sunakar Behera
- Block / Mandal
- Dharmasala
Getting there
How to reach Kotapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar97 kmcapital
- Kolkata268 km
- Hyderabad931 km
- Chennai1091 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBaudpur26 km
- Hospital / PHCDhusuri Area Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankuco bank14 km
- Petrol pumpBP34 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 755010
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- BaranahanagarDharmasala mandal3,181 pop
- KaimabadaDharmasala mandal3,168 pop
- ArangabadDharmasala mandal2,863 pop
- DeodaDharmasala mandal2,776 pop
- MirjapurDharmasala mandal2,514 pop
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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)