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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRAMOD KUMAR DAS
Contact: 84****9628
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- LGD code
- 396995
- Pincode
- 754253
- Post office
- Bedari
- Population
- 1,233
- Households
- 292
- Literacy rate
- 57.3%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 608
Census 2011 · in context
How Kalatunga compares
By population, Kalatunga ranks #37 of 187 villages in Mahakalapada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.3%
−13.0% vs mandal average
- Kalatunga
- 57.3%
- Mahakalapada mandal
- 70.3%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+16 vs mandal average
- Kalatunga
- 989
- Mahakalapada mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kalatunga
- 4.2
- Mahakalapada mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalatunga at a glance
Kalatunga is a village of 1,233 people in 292 households (Census 2011) in Mahakalapada block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 37th-largest of 187 villages in Mahakalapada block. Literacy is 57%, 13 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754253, served by Bedari post office; the LGD village code is 396995. The sarpanch is PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 1,454 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gogua →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalatunga · this village | 1,233 | 57% | — |
| Gogua · Mahakalapada | 1,470 | 60% | — |
| Sana Rahama · Mahakalapada | 1,137 | 67% | — |
| Bandhapara · Mahakalapada | 1,041 | 74% | — |
| Guludia · Mahakalapada | 563 | 52% | — |
| Bada Rahama · Mahakalapada | 533 | 80% | — |
| Babara · Mahakalapada | 426 | 79% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kalatunga
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATTAMUNDAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gogua
- Total area (ha)
- 394
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 67.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kalatunga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kalatunga
- LGD code
- 396995
- Pincode
- 754253
- Post office
- Bedari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,454
- Households
- 292
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 57.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krushna Chandra Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRAMOD KUMAR DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Mahakalapada
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (76.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754253
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)