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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIHARIKA BEHERA
Contact: 93****1565
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- LGD code
- 424113
- Pincode
- 766013
- Post office
- Kalampur
- Population
- 888
- Households
- 209
- Literacy rate
- 44.1%
- Sex ratio
- 991 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 512
Census 2011 · in context
How Karmel compares
By population, Karmel ranks #86 of 148 villages in Jayapatna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.1%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Karmel
- 44.1%
- Jayapatna mandal
- 48.0%
- Kalahandi district
- 50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
991
−39 vs mandal average
- Karmel
- 991
- Jayapatna mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Karmel
- 4.2
- Jayapatna mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karmel at a glance
Karmel is a village of 888 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Jayapatna block, Kalahandi district, Odisha, the 86th-largest of 148 villages in Jayapatna block. Literacy is 44%, 4 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 766013, served by Kalampur post office; the LGD village code is 424113. The sarpanch is NIHARIKA BEHERA, and the village votes in Lanjigarh assembly constituency, represented by Pradip Kumar Dishari. The population is estimated at 1,047 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Minipur →
Key facts — Karmel
- LGD code
- 424113
- Pincode
- 766013
- Post office
- Kalampur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 888
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,047
- Households
- 209
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 991
- Literacy rate
- 44.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lanjigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradip Kumar Dishari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NIHARIKA BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Jayapatna
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Other villages in Jayapatna mandal
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- Baner
- Pratappur
- Dulkibandh
- Sargiguda
- Hirapur
- Karmeli
- Kalampur
- Mangalpur
- Ranamal
- Uchhala
- Bijamara
- Badakarlakote
- Khaliabhata
- Bankapala
- Renalpali
- Bhainripali
- Kumjor
- Temera
- Kuchagaon
- Naikaniguma
- Santemari
- Pipalguda
- Kapurmal
- Talpadar
- Nuagaon
- Deypur
- Ichhapur
- Pandigaon
- Beherensil
- Panigaon
- Chirka
- Amjor
- Dhansuli
- Kotagaon
- Pujhariguda
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, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)