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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAITA SAMELI
Contact: 98****8527
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- LGD code
- 429688
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 800
- Households
- 216
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1025 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 512
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 378 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 466 km
- Nearest railway station
- Machkunda Road · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- New Apollo Medical Store · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pujariput compares
By population, Pujariput ranks #20 of 215 villages in Nandapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.3%
+16.0% vs mandal average
- Pujariput
- 50.3%
- Nandapur mandal
- 34.3%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,025
−29 vs mandal average
- Pujariput
- 1,025
- Nandapur mandal
- 1,054
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Pujariput
- 3.7
- Nandapur mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pujariput at a glance
Pujariput is a village of 800 people in 216 households (Census 2011) in Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 20th-largest of 215 villages in Nandapur block. Literacy is 50%, 16 points above the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Koraput district centre, 5 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429688. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Apollo Medical Store, 20 km away. The sarpanch is SAITA SAMELI, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 943 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pujariput · this village | 800 | 50% | — |
| Pujhariput · Nandapur | 217 | 32% | 0 km N |
| Kasandi · Nandapur | 545 | 32% | 1.2 km SW |
| Lamanda · Machh Kund | 446 | 44% | 1.2 km SW |
| Sangamguda · Nandapur | 133 | 11% | 1.6 km SW |
| Talaguda · Nandapur | 249 | 24% | 1.6 km SW |
| Kadamgura · Nandapur | 138 | 49% | 1.6 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pujariput
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kulabir
- Total area (ha)
- 216
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 80.46
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pujariput
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pujariput
- LGD code
- 429688
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 800
- Population (projected 2026)
- 943
- Households
- 216
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1025
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Coordinates
- 18.59001°N, 82.70491°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAITA SAMELI
- Block / Mandal
- Nandapur
Getting there
How to reach Pujariput
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar378 kmcapital
- Hyderabad466 km
- Chennai665 km
- Kolkata737 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMachkunda Road5 km
- Bus stopLamtaput Bus Stop12 km
- Hospital / PHCNew Apollo Medical Store20 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Police stationLandespolizei25 km
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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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)