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Adakata is a village in Ghatgaon mandal, Kendujhar district, Odisha, with a population of 514 persons in 126 households. The literacy rate is 38.7%, and the PIN is 758087.
By population, Adakata ranks #98 of 140 villages in Ghatgaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Adakata is a village of 514 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Ghatgaon block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 98th-largest of 140 villages in Ghatgaon block. Literacy is 39%, 19 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Kendujhar district centre, 25 km from Nuagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 758087; the LGD village code is 386569. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ekdal, 2 km away. The village votes in Baramba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera. The population is estimated at 606 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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