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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
SALO SANTA
Contact: 63****5211
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- LGD code
- 430102
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population
- 178
- Households
- 57
- Literacy rate
- 14.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1225 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 120
Census 2011 · in context
How Gichamanjari compares
By population, Gichamanjari ranks #51 of 55 villages in Similiguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
14.6%
−19.6% vs mandal average
- Gichamanjari
- 14.6%
- Similiguda mandal
- 34.2%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,225
+155 vs mandal average
- Gichamanjari
- 1,225
- Similiguda mandal
- 1,070
Household size
people per home
3.1
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Gichamanjari
- 3.1
- Similiguda mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gichamanjari at a glance
Gichamanjari is a village of 178 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Similiguda block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 51st-largest of 55 villages in Similiguda block. Literacy is 15%, 20 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,225 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764039, served by Pottangi post office; the LGD village code is 430102. The sarpanch is SALO SANTA, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 210 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gichamanjari
- 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)
- 46
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Upparkanti
- Total area (ha)
- 59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 38.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.31
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gichamanjari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gichamanjari
- LGD code
- 430102
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 178
- Population (projected 2026)
- 210
- Households
- 57
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1225
- Literacy rate
- 14.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SALO SANTA
- Block / Mandal
- Similiguda
Same pincode
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- Renu
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- Khalapadi
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- Uparkanti
- Jubarajpeta
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- Jangarada
- Tankubeda
- Kangara
- Hatoguda (Hataguda)
- Rajabedei
- Hatimunda
- Karari
- Bhitaraguda
- Putsil
- Chotaliput
- Mangiligura
- Choragan
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, 2026-09-07
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)