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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Karagam is a village in Dabugan mandal, Nabarangpur district, Odisha. It has a population of 3,880 across 791 households with a literacy rate of 32.7%. Located at 18.446°N, 84.034°E, the village's PIN code is 764072.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHAYMALI BHATYRA
Contact: 86****1423
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- LGD code
- 427579
- Pincode
- 764072
- Post office
- Dabugam
- Population
- 3,880
- Households
- 791
- Literacy rate
- 32.7%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,072
- Distance to district centre
- 149 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 134 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 279 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 599 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tilaru · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vaatsalya Hospital - Srikakulam · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karagam compares
By population, Karagam ranks #4 of 112 villages in Dabugan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.7%
+1.8% vs mandal average
- Karagam
- 32.7%
- Dabugan mandal
- 30.9%
- Nabarangpur district
- 38.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
−77 vs mandal average
- Karagam
- 955
- Dabugan mandal
- 1,032
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Karagam
- 4.9
- Dabugan mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karagam at a glance
Karagam is a village of 3,880 people in 791 households (Census 2011) in Dabugan block, Nabarangpur district, Odisha, the 4th-largest of 112 villages in Dabugan block. Literacy is 33%, 2 points above the block average of 31% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 149 km from the Nabarangpur district centre, 12 km from Singupuram, the nearest town, 5 km from Tilaru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764072, served by Dabugam post office; the LGD village code is 427579. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vaatsalya Hospital - Srikakulam, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SHAYMALI BHATYRA. The population is estimated at 1,222 in 2026, down 69% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karagam →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karagam · this village | 3,880 | 33% | — |
| Karagam · Narasannapeta | 1,107 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Kambakaya · Narasannapeta | 2,017 | 55% | 0.9 km NW |
| Narasingapalle · Sarubujjili | 0 | — | 1.2 km SW |
| Narisingapalle · Narasannapeta | 710 | 48% | 1.2 km SW |
| Basivada · Jalumuru | 993 | 48% | 1.9 km N |
| Tekkalipadu · Jalumuru | 1,462 | 42% | 2 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karagam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- UMARKOTE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karagam
- Total area (ha)
- 1,019
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 441.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karagam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karagam
- LGD code
- 427579
- Pincode
- 764072
- Post office
- Dabugam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,880
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,222
- Households
- 791
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 32.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.44594°N, 84.03434°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Laxmipur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHAYMALI BHATYRA
- Block / Mandal
- Dabugan
Getting there
How to reach Karagam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar279 kmcapital
- Hyderabad599 km
- Kolkata643 km
- Chennai720 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTilaru5 km
- Bus stopJammu Bus Stop3 km
- Hospital / PHCVaatsalya Hospital - Srikakulam3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India15 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil4 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College for Men21 km
- Police stationPolice Station , Polaki11 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Karagam
1 Church, 2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Karagam
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)