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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kerkenda is a village in Boriguma mandal, Koraput district, Odisha, with a population of 1,500 across 376 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33.8% and is located at 19.154°N, 82.498°E under PIN code 764056.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRABHABATI PAIK
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- LGD code
- 428220
- Pincode
- 764056
- Post office
- Borigumma
- Population
- 1,500
- Households
- 376
- Literacy rate
- 33.8%
- Sex ratio
- 987 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 899
- Distance to district centre
- 47 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 371 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 467 km
- Nearest railway station
- Charamula Kusumi · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govinda Ayyurvedic Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kerkenda compares
By population, Kerkenda ranks #21 of 114 villages in Boriguma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.8%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Kerkenda
- 33.8%
- Boriguma mandal
- 36.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
987
−43 vs mandal average
- Kerkenda
- 987
- Boriguma mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kerkenda
- 4.0
- Boriguma mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kerkenda at a glance
Kerkenda is a village of 1,500 people in 376 households (Census 2011) in Boriguma block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 21st-largest of 114 villages in Boriguma block. Literacy is 34%, 3 points below the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Koraput district centre, 48 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 18 km from Charamula Kusumi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764056, served by Borigumma post office; the LGD village code is 428220. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govinda Ayyurvedic Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is PRABHABATI PAIK. The population is estimated at 1,769 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kerkenda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- SUNABEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dengapadar
- Total area (ha)
- 536
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 309.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 71.66
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kerkenda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kerkenda
- LGD code
- 428220
- Pincode
- 764056
- Post office
- Borigumma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,500
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,769
- Households
- 376
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 987
- Literacy rate
- 33.8%
- Coordinates
- 19.15388°N, 82.49808°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jeypore
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRABHABATI PAIK
- Block / Mandal
- Boriguma
Getting there
How to reach Kerkenda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar371 kmcapital
- Hyderabad467 km
- Chennai716 km
- Kolkata718 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationCharamula Kusumi18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovinda Ayyurvedic Clinic5 km
- Police stationKoraput police station44 km
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- 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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)