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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SMT DEBAKI BHATRA
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- LGD code
- 428247
- Pincode
- 764056
- Post office
- Borigumma
- Population
- 2,117
- Households
- 565
- Literacy rate
- 36.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1051 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,126
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanagam compares
By population, Kanagam ranks #9 of 114 villages in Boriguma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.9%
Same as the mandal average
- Kanagam
- 36.9%
- Boriguma mandal
- 36.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,051
+21 vs mandal average
- Kanagam
- 1,051
- Boriguma mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kanagam
- 3.7
- Boriguma mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanagam at a glance
Kanagam is a village of 2,117 people in 565 households (Census 2011) in Boriguma block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 9th-largest of 114 villages in Boriguma block. Literacy is 37%, about the same as the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,051 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764056, served by Borigumma post office; the LGD village code is 428247. The sarpanch is SMT DEBAKI BHATRA. The population is estimated at 2,496 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanagam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SUNABEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 51
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Konagam
- Total area (ha)
- 1,039
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 23.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 87.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanagam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanagam
- LGD code
- 428247
- Pincode
- 764056
- Post office
- Borigumma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,117
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,496
- Households
- 565
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1051
- Literacy rate
- 36.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jeypore
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SMT DEBAKI BHATRA
- Block / Mandal
- Boriguma
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)