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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHABI MAJHI
Contact: 96****8276
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- LGD code
- 422063
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population
- 1,608
- Households
- 447
- Literacy rate
- 41.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1005 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 949
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 324 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 542 km
- Nearest railway station
- Junagarh Road · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Duajhar · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kirkita compares
By population, Kirkita ranks #20 of 118 villages in Khariar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.2%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Kirkita
- 41.2%
- Khariar mandal
- 50.0%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,005
−3 vs mandal average
- Kirkita
- 1,005
- Khariar mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kirkita
- 3.6
- Khariar mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kirkita at a glance
Kirkita is a village of 1,608 people in 447 households (Census 2011) in Khariar block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 20th-largest of 118 villages in Khariar block. Literacy is 41%, 9 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,005 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Nuapada district centre, 39 km from Junagarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766118, served by Duajhar post office; the LGD village code is 422063. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Duajhar, 10 km away. The sarpanch is CHABI MAJHI, and the village votes in Junagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra. The population is estimated at 1,896 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kirikita →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkita · this village | 1,608 | 41% | — |
| Kopia · Sinapali | 1,273 | 47% | 3.8 km S |
| Gandabahali · Sonapur | 0 | — | 3.7 km SW |
| Gandabahali · Sinapali | 2,293 | 61% | 3.7 km SW |
| Nandgaon · Mahasamund | 3,178 | 59% | 5.1 km SW |
| Nandgaon · Kharsia | 975 | 58% | 5.1 km SW |
| Khurdguma · Boden | 129 | 32% | 5 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kirkita
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KHARIAR ROAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 86
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kirkita
- Total area (ha)
- 626
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 42.96
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kirkita
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Key facts — Kirkita
- LGD code
- 422063
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,608
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,896
- Households
- 447
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1005
- Literacy rate
- 41.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.15452°N, 82.72085°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Junagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dibya Shankar Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHABI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Khariar
Getting there
How to reach Kirkita
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar324 kmcapital
- Hyderabad542 km
- Kolkata643 km
- Chennai828 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJunagarh Road39 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Duajhar10 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump40 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji39 km
Same pincode
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)