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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
Manima Hantal
Contact: 77****2706
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- LGD code
- 429695
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 803
- Households
- 194
- Literacy rate
- 17.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1054 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 528
- Distance to district centre
- 113 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 102 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 242 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 597 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital, Gunupur · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jeera compares
By population, Jeera ranks #11 of 68 villages in Padua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
17.4%
−16.5% vs mandal average
- Jeera
- 17.4%
- Padua mandal
- 33.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,054
−10 vs mandal average
- Jeera
- 1,054
- Padua mandal
- 1,064
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Jeera
- 4.1
- Padua mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jeera at a glance
Jeera is a village of 803 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Padua block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 11th-largest of 68 villages in Padua block. Literacy is 17%, 17 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. It lies 113 km from the Koraput district centre, 22 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429695. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, Gunupur, 22 km away. The sarpanch is Manima Hantal, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 947 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jeera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chatua
- Total area (ha)
- 639
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jeera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jeera
- LGD code
- 429695
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 803
- Population (projected 2026)
- 947
- Households
- 194
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1054
- Literacy rate
- 17.4%
- Coordinates
- 19.26890°N, 83.78718°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
- Manima Hantal
- Block / Mandal
- Padua
Getting there
How to reach Jeera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar242 kmcapital
- Hyderabad597 km
- Kolkata601 km
- Chennai784 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur22 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital, Gunupur22 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India23 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station29 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management42 km
- Police stationl. police station40 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jeera
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Nilakantheswar TempleTemple4.3 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
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