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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manorama Nayak
Contact: 95****8382
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- LGD code
- 395624
- Pincode
- 754220
- Post office
- Rajkanika
- Population
- 1,369
- Households
- 287
- Literacy rate
- 77.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1096 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 525
Census 2011 · in context
How Taras compares
By population, Taras ranks #33 of 168 villages in Rajkanika mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.1%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Taras
- 77.1%
- Rajkanika mandal
- 76.1%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,096
+8 vs mandal average
- Taras
- 1,096
- Rajkanika mandal
- 1,088
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Taras
- 4.8
- Rajkanika mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Taras at a glance
Taras is a village of 1,369 people in 287 households (Census 2011) in Rajkanika block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 33rd-largest of 168 villages in Rajkanika block. Literacy is 77%, 1 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,096 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754220, served by Rajkanika post office; the LGD village code is 395624. The sarpanch is Manorama Nayak, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 1,614 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Taras
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATTAMUNDAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Taras
- Total area (ha)
- 141
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 70.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Taras
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Taras
- LGD code
- 395624
- Pincode
- 754220
- Post office
- Rajkanika
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,369
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,614
- Households
- 287
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1096
- Literacy rate
- 77.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manorama Nayak
- Block / Mandal
- Rajkanika
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (38.6 km)
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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)