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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AKAMA MELEKA
Contact: 94****6795
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- LGD code
- 428801
- Pincode
- 764027
- Post office
- Bandhugam
- Population
- 464
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 40.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1026 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 240
Census 2011 · in context
How Kapalara compares
By population, Kapalara ranks #43 of 153 villages in Bandhugaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.3%
+12.8% vs mandal average
- Kapalara
- 40.3%
- Bandhugaon mandal
- 27.5%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,026
−46 vs mandal average
- Kapalara
- 1,026
- Bandhugaon mandal
- 1,072
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Kapalara
- 5.5
- Bandhugaon mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kapalara at a glance
Kapalara is a village of 464 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Bandhugaon block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 43rd-largest of 153 villages in Bandhugaon block. Literacy is 40%, 13 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764027, served by Bandhugam post office; the LGD village code is 428801. The sarpanch is AKAMA MELEKA. The population is estimated at 547 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kapalada →
Key facts — Kapalara
- LGD code
- 428801
- Pincode
- 764027
- Post office
- Bandhugam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 464
- Population (projected 2026)
- 547
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1026
- Literacy rate
- 40.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AKAMA MELEKA
- Block / Mandal
- Bandhugaon
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764027
- AlmondaBandhugaon mandal2,178 pop
- NilabadiBandhugaon mandal2,123 pop
- SorabadiBandhugaon mandal1,909 pop
- KumbhariputBandhugaon mandal1,502 pop
- HatigedaBandhugaon mandal1,464 pop
- JagugudaBandhugaon mandal1,449 pop
- BandhugaonBandhugaon mandal1,225 pop
- MahagudaBandhugaon mandal1,168 pop
- SanasarupalliBandhugaon mandal1,143 pop
Other villages in Bandhugaon mandal
View all 60+ →- Almonda
- Nilabadi
- Sorabadi
- Kumbhariput
- Hatigeda
- Jaguguda
- Bandhugaon
- Mahaguda
- Sanasarupalli
- Partingi
- Dumadangar
- Ramjiput
- Lopeta
- Kuntesu
- Kanagan
- Yesar
- Barasarupalli
- Giringikhal
- Barabankeri
- Pedawalda
- Garidi
- Bodomathur
- Turukpeta
- Gulumiguda
- Leddingi
- Ambliput
- Mekara
- Ghumura
- Kamaganda
- Jangirivalsa
- Sanmathur
- Antamara
- Palaka
- Idugumabalsa
- Singiput
- Jaguguda
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)