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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
Pandi Kumari
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- LGD code
- 430068
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population
- 418
- Households
- 106
- Literacy rate
- 21.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 259
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 358 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 493 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shimiliguda · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Pachipenta · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gurujiguda compares
By population, Gurujiguda ranks #54 of 100 villages in Pottangi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.8%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Gurujiguda
- 21.8%
- Pottangi mandal
- 29.2%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−23 vs mandal average
- Gurujiguda
- 1,000
- Pottangi mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Gurujiguda
- 3.9
- Pottangi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gurujiguda at a glance
Gurujiguda is a village of 418 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Pottangi block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 54th-largest of 100 villages in Pottangi block. Literacy is 22%, 7 points below the block average of 29% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Koraput district centre, 29 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 21 km from Shimiliguda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764039, served by Pottangi post office; the LGD village code is 430068. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Pachipenta, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Pandi Kumari, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 493 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gurujiguda
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sunki
- Total area (ha)
- 238
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 18.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gurujiguda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gurujiguda
- LGD code
- 430068
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 418
- Population (projected 2026)
- 493
- Households
- 106
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 21.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.48610°N, 83.00212°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
- Pandi Kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Pottangi
Getting there
How to reach Gurujiguda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar358 kmcapital
- Hyderabad493 km
- Chennai668 km
- Kolkata720 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShimiliguda21 km
- Bus stopDalaivalasa Bus Stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Pachipenta12 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil12 km
- CollegeRaja college ground38 km
- Police stationRamabhadrapuram Police station30 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764039
Villages near Gurujiguda
Other villages in Pottangi mandal
View all 60+ →- Pottangi
- Kandili
- 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)