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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SRI MANGALA MADHI
Contact: 90****0949
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- LGD code
- 430867
- Pincode
- 764051
- Post office
- Balimela
- Population
- 44
- Households
- 10
- Literacy rate
- 20.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1444 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 16
Census 2011 · in context
How Manikapur compares
By population, Manikapur ranks #82 of 93 villages in Orkel mandal.
Literacy rate
%
20.5%
−19.5% vs mandal average
- Manikapur
- 20.5%
- Orkel mandal
- 40.0%
- Malkangiri district
- 39.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,444
+377 vs mandal average
- Manikapur
- 1,444
- Orkel mandal
- 1,067
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Manikapur
- 4.4
- Orkel mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manikapur at a glance
Manikapur is a village of 44 people in 10 households (Census 2011) in Orkel block, Malkangiri district, Odisha, the 82nd-largest of 93 villages in Orkel block. Literacy is 21%, 20 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 1,444 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764051, served by Balimela post office; the LGD village code is 430867. The sarpanch is SRI MANGALA MADHI, and the village votes in Chitrakonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangu Khilla. The population is estimated at 52 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kudumulugumma →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manikapur · this village | 44 | 21% | — |
| Kudumuluguma · Orkel | 2,641 | 75% | — |
| Naliguda · Orkel | 661 | 36% | — |
| Purunaguma · Orkel | 626 | 65% | — |
| Gundriguda · Orkel | 600 | 33% | — |
| Gotiguda · Orkel | 535 | 27% | — |
| Pujariguda · Orkel | 368 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Manikapur
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BALIMELA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 120
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kudumuluguma
- Total area (ha)
- 115
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 85.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Manikapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Manikapur
- LGD code
- 430867
- Pincode
- 764051
- Post office
- Balimela
- Population (Census 2011)
- 44
- Population (projected 2026)
- 52
- Households
- 10
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1444
- Literacy rate
- 20.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nabarangpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chitrakonda
- Member of Parliament
- Balabhadra Majhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mangu Khilla
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SRI MANGALA MADHI
- Block / Mandal
- Orkel
Same pincode
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Manikapur
Other villages in Orkel mandal
View all 60+ →- Kamwada
- Potrel
- Kudumuluguma
- Tarlakota
- Katapali
- Parkanmala
- Puspalli
- Muduliguda
- Chimitapalli
- Limaguda
- Sikhapalli
- Markelguda
- Rasabeda
- Neherupalli M.V.36
- M.V.-37
- Butiguda
- Somnathpur
- Siripeta
- Sindhiguda
- Gadiput
- Kalapali
- Oringi
- Madhusudanpur M.V.104
- Bikramapur
- Tandikonda
- Naliguda
- Tekaguda
- Purunaguma
- Gundriguda
- Pushpali M.V.103
- M.V.-53
- Gotiguda
- Old-Balimela
- Dangakunda
- Santoshpur Chitapari-I
- Rangamguda
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, 2026-05-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)