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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ashok Kumar Mohanty
Contact: 99****9771
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- LGD code
- 395994
- Pincode
- 754225
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Kendrapara)
- Population
- 622
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1006 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 163
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanhua compares
By population, Kanhua ranks #113 of 300 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.8%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Kanhua
- 76.8%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 73.4%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,006
+25 vs mandal average
- Kanhua
- 1,006
- Rajnagar mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Kanhua
- 5.5
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanhua at a glance
Kanhua is a village of 622 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 113th-largest of 300 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 77%, 3 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,006 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754225, served by Rajnagar (Kendrapara) post office; the LGD village code is 395994. The sarpanch is Ashok Kumar Mohanty, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 733 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahisasura →
Key facts — Kanhua
- LGD code
- 395994
- Pincode
- 754225
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Kendrapara)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 622
- Population (projected 2026)
- 733
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1006
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hindol
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Simarani Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ashok Kumar Mohanty
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (69.8 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754225
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- AhamadpurRajkanika mandal2,672 pop
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- PanasagandaRajkanika mandal2,049 pop
- HatasahiRajkanika mandal1,857 pop
- BrahmansahiRajnagar mandal1,767 pop
- HatinaRajnagar mandal1,732 pop
- KuruntiRajnagar mandal1,693 pop
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Other villages in Rajnagar mandal
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- Brahmansahi
- Govindpur
- Hatina
- Pata Paria
- Ghadiamal
- Kurunti
- Mahinsasur
- Balikana
- Nurugan
- Rajagarh
- Dangamal
- Vekta
- Gobardhanpur
- Chandibaunsamula
- Dighi
- Bhitargarh
- Ostia
- Balarampur
- Santhapada
- Gupti
- Righa Garh
- Madhyapara
- Gokhani
- Badpal
- Satavaya
- Badhadia
- Baghataila
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- Rajendranagar
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, 2026-05-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)