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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kandara is a village in Joda mandal, Kendujhar district, Odisha, with a population of 1,307 across 272 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.3% and is located at coordinates 21.072°N, 83.401°E.
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- LGD code
- 385322
- Pincode
- 758034
- Post office
- Joda
- Population
- 1,307
- Households
- 272
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1071 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 433
- Distance to district centre
- 148 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 266 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 539 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dungripali · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mukta Clinic · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kandara compares
By population, Kandara ranks #5 of 22 villages in Joda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Kandara
- 49.3%
- Joda mandal
- 44.9%
- Kendujhar district
- 58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,071
+94 vs mandal average
- Kandara
- 1,071
- Joda mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kandara
- 4.8
- Joda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandara at a glance
Kandara is a village of 1,307 people in 272 households (Census 2011) in Joda block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 22 villages in Joda block. Literacy is 49%, 4 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,071 women per 1,000 men. It lies 148 km from the Kendujhar district centre, 40 km from Tora, the nearest town, 16 km from Dungripali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 758034, served by Joda post office; the LGD village code is 385322. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mukta Clinic, 14 km away. The village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 1,541 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kandara
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kandara
- Total area (ha)
- 585
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 180.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 164.65
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kandara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kandara
- LGD code
- 385322
- Pincode
- 758034
- Post office
- Joda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,307
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,541
- Households
- 272
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1071
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.07185°N, 83.40110°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijepur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradip Purohit
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanat Kumar Gartia
- Block / Mandal
- Joda
Getting there
How to reach Kandara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar266 kmcapital
- Kolkata539 km
- Hyderabad659 km
- Chennai948 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDungripali16 km
- Hospital / PHCMukta Clinic14 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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