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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
SRI JETU HANTAL
Contact: 88****6584
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- LGD code
- 430006
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population
- 549
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 21.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1120 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 301
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 353 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 492 km
- Nearest railway station
- Damanjodi · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- New Apollo Medical Store · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhitarkota compares
By population, Bhitarkota ranks #41 of 100 villages in Pottangi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.7%
−7.5% vs mandal average
- Bhitarkota
- 21.7%
- Pottangi mandal
- 29.2%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,120
+97 vs mandal average
- Bhitarkota
- 1,120
- Pottangi mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhitarkota
- 4.2
- Pottangi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhitarkota at a glance
Bhitarkota is a village of 549 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Pottangi block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 41st-largest of 100 villages in Pottangi block. Literacy is 22%, 8 points below the block average of 29% and the sex ratio is 1,120 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Koraput district centre, 39 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 15 km from Damanjodi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764039, served by Pottangi post office; the LGD village code is 430006. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Apollo Medical Store, 11 km away. The sarpanch is SRI JETU HANTAL, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 647 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhitarkota
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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)
- 47
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 48
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sorisapodar
- Total area (ha)
- 401
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 30.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhitarkota
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhitarkota
- LGD code
- 430006
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 549
- Population (projected 2026)
- 647
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1120
- Literacy rate
- 21.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.65344°N, 82.94417°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
- SRI JETU HANTAL
- Block / Mandal
- Pottangi
Getting there
How to reach Bhitarkota
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 39 km
≈ 1 h 21 min by car · 1 h 36 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar353 kmcapital
- Hyderabad492 km
- Chennai682 km
- Kolkata713 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDamanjodi15 km
- Bus stopSimiliguda Bus Stop11 km
- Hospital / PHCNew Apollo Medical Store11 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpHP24 km
- CollegeRaja college ground44 km
- Police stationLandespolizei30 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Bhitarkota
Other villages in Pottangi mandal
View all 60+ →- Pottangi
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- Baraja
- Renga
- Deopottangi
- Sambai
- Tangini
- Pukali
- Sorisapodar
- Kunduli
- Sunki
- Nondaka (Nandaka)
- Ampaballi
- Nuagam
- Khudi
- Pungar
- Pondoi (Pandei)
- Sorada
- Gangarajpur
- Bodogolluru (Badagoluru)
- Chandaka
- Laudi
- Sepaiput
- Maliput
- Phattu(Patu)
- Sargiguda
- Sindhei(Sendehi)
- Tema
- Sankar
- Gugaguda
- Barakutni(Barakutuni)
- Guntha
- Kurli
- Pangiguda
- Sikilamari
- Tologolluru (Talagoluru)
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)