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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUJA KHILLO
Contact: 78****5260
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- LGD code
- 429729
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 351
- Households
- 93
- Literacy rate
- 37%
- Sex ratio
- 1029 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 230
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 61 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 401 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 450 km
- Nearest railway station
- Darliput · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC , Labburu · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathua compares
By population, Kathua ranks #36 of 68 villages in Padua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.0%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Kathua
- 37.0%
- Padua mandal
- 33.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,029
−35 vs mandal average
- Kathua
- 1,029
- Padua mandal
- 1,064
Household size
people per home
3.8
Same as the mandal average
- Kathua
- 3.8
- Padua mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathua at a glance
Kathua is a village of 351 people in 93 households (Census 2011) in Padua block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 36th-largest of 68 villages in Padua block. Literacy is 37%, 3 points above the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Koraput district centre, 49 km from Madugula, the nearest town, 9 km from Darliput railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429729. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC , Labburu, 18 km away. The sarpanch is PUJA KHILLO, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 414 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kathua
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Panthulung
- Total area (ha)
- 161
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kathua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kathua
- LGD code
- 429729
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 351
- Population (projected 2026)
- 414
- Households
- 93
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1029
- Literacy rate
- 37.0%
- Coordinates
- 18.31888°N, 82.62625°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
- PUJA KHILLO
- Block / Mandal
- Padua
Getting there
How to reach Kathua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar401 kmcapital
- Hyderabad450 km
- Chennai634 km
- Kolkata762 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDarliput9 km
- Bus stopPeda Bayalu Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC , Labburu18 km
- Police stationKoraput police station55 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kathua
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫EMRS , Munchingi PuttuSchool4.4 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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