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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gaganapur is a village in Jeypore mandal, Koraput district, Odisha, with a population of 2,230 in 566 households. The literacy rate stands at 34.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SMT MOTI SUNDHA
Contact: 63****4561
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- LGD code
- 429061
- Pincode
- 764002
- Post office
- Jeypore(K) R.S.
- Population
- 2,230
- Households
- 566
- Literacy rate
- 34.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1078 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,058
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 27 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 378 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 460 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jeypore · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Eye Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gaganapur compares
By population, Gaganapur ranks #13 of 112 villages in Jeypore mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.5%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Gaganapur
- 34.5%
- Jeypore mandal
- 41.4%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,078
+37 vs mandal average
- Gaganapur
- 1,078
- Jeypore mandal
- 1,041
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Gaganapur
- 3.9
- Jeypore mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaganapur at a glance
Gaganapur is a village of 2,230 people in 566 households (Census 2011) in Jeypore block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 13th-largest of 112 villages in Jeypore block. Literacy is 35%, 7 points below the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 1,078 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Koraput district centre, 3 km from Jeypore railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764002, served by Jeypore(K) R.S. post office; the LGD village code is 429061. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Eye Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SMT MOTI SUNDHA. The population is estimated at 2,629 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gaganapur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ekamba
- Total area (ha)
- 433
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 123.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gaganapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gaganapur
- LGD code
- 429061
- Pincode
- 764002
- Post office
- Jeypore(K) R.S.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,230
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,629
- Households
- 566
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1078
- Literacy rate
- 34.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.87156°N, 82.54784°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Laxmipur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SMT MOTI SUNDHA
- Block / Mandal
- Jeypore
Getting there
How to reach Gaganapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar378 kmcapital
- Hyderabad460 km
- Chennai688 km
- Kolkata731 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJeypore3 km
- Bus stopKoraput bus station18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Eye Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank18 km
- Police stationKoraput police station18 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gaganapur
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764002
Villages near Gaganapur
Other villages in Jeypore mandal
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- Phampuni
- Balia
- Phupugam
- Ambaguda
- Umuri
- Jaganathpur
- Dhonopur
- Barniput
- Ghatobagra
- Haridaput
- Kankadahandi
- Jayantigiri
- Kunturukhal
- Mundiguda
- Jeypore L/R
- Ekomba
- Balijodi
- Chikima
- Mazurmunda
- Ghirigam
- Ananta
- Putra
- Rondapali
- Malikarchi
- Hadia
- Godapodar
- Souraguda
- Bodopada
- Badajiuna
- Sanokaudi
- Khodopa
- Panasput Bagra
- Solopa
- Dongorchinchi
- Mukhukhudupi
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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)