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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Laxmidhar Mishra
Contact: 81****7938
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- LGD code
- 381086
- Pincode
- 768216
- Post office
- Brajarajnagar
- Population
- 197
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 54.8%
- Sex ratio
- 824 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 118
Census 2011 · in context
How Kandakuda compares
By population, Kandakuda ranks #18 of 20 villages in Brajarajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.8%
−10.7% vs mandal average
Kandakuda54.8%
Brajarajnagar mandal65.5%
Jharsuguda district70.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
824
−145 vs mandal average
Kandakuda824
Brajarajnagar mandal969
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
Kandakuda4.2
Brajarajnagar mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandakuda at a glance
Kandakuda is a village of 197 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Brajarajnagar block, Jharsuguda district, Odisha, the 18th-largest of 20 villages in Brajarajnagar block. Literacy is 55%, 11 points below the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 824 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768216, served by Brajarajnagar post office; the LGD village code is 381086. The sarpanch is Laxmidhar Mishra, and the village votes in Phulbani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uma Charan Mallick. The population is estimated at 232 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chandinimal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kandakuda · this village | 197 | 55% | — |
| Chichinda · Brajarajnagar | 1,333 | 63% | — |
| Chandnimal · Jharsuguda | 1,074 | 67% | — |
| Kechhobahal · Jharsuguda | 921 | 66% | — |
| Barpali · Brajarajnagar | 873 | 75% | — |
| Ghusuramunda · Brajarajnagar | 292 | 60% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kandakuda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHARSUGUDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 29
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chandnimal
- Total area (ha)
- 155
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 53.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kandakuda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kandakuda
- LGD code
- 381086
- Pincode
- 768216
- Post office
- Brajarajnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 197
- Population (projected 2026)
- 232
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 824
- Literacy rate
- 54.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Phulbani
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uma Charan Mallick
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Laxmidhar Mishra
- Block / Mandal
- Brajarajnagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 768216
- JameraJharsuguda mandal1,906 pop
- RajpurJharsuguda mandal1,896 pop
- ChichindaBrajarajnagar mandal1,333 pop
- KoilagaJharsuguda mandal1,271 pop
- CharbhatiBrajarajnagar mandal1,219 pop
- BaghrachakaJharsuguda mandal1,178 pop
- TileimalBrajarajnagar mandal1,154 pop
- ChandnimalJharsuguda mandal1,074 pop
- DeogaonBrajarajnagar mandal1,074 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kandakuda
Other villages in Brajarajnagar mandal
View all 20 →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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)