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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARASWATI SABAR
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- LGD code
- 424970
- Pincode
- 765020
- Post office
- Muniguda
- Population
- 690
- Households
- 170
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 377
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 255 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 584 km
- Nearest railway station
- Muniguda · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Skin Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Muniguda compares
By population, Muniguda ranks #17 of 322 villages in Bishamakatak mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
+16.2% vs mandal average
Muniguda53.5%
Bishamakatak mandal37.3%
Rayagada district42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
−125 vs mandal average
Muniguda988
Bishamakatak mandal1,113
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Muniguda4.1
Bishamakatak mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muniguda at a glance
Muniguda is a village of 690 people in 170 households (Census 2011) in Bishamakatak block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 17th-largest of 322 villages in Bishamakatak block. Literacy is 54%, 16 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Rayagada district centre, under 1 km from Muniguda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765020, served by Muniguda post office; the LGD village code is 424970. The nearest hospital or health centre is Skin Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SARASWATI SABAR. The population is estimated at 814 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Muniguda
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 54
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Hatmuniguda
- Total area (ha)
- 107
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Muniguda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Muniguda
- LGD code
- 424970
- Pincode
- 765020
- Post office
- Muniguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 690
- Population (projected 2026)
- 814
- Households
- 170
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Coordinates
- 19.62372°N, 83.49345°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bissam Cuttack
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARASWATI SABAR
- Block / Mandal
- Bishamakatak
- Nearest railway station
- Muniguda (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Muniguda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar255 kmcapital
- Hyderabad584 km
- Kolkata602 km
- Chennai804 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMuniguda<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSkin Hospital<1 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management55 km
- Police stationl. police station48 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Munigudaunder 1 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765020
- GobardhanMuniguda mandal3,616 pop
- MunikhalMuniguda mandal2,992 pop
- ChandrapurChandrapur mandal2,963 pop
- KumudabaliAmbadala mandal1,763 pop
- BhairagodaMuniguda mandal1,645 pop
- KumudaballiMuniguda mandal1,620 pop
- Danga SoradaChandrapur mandal1,461 pop
- Hukum TolaMuniguda mandal1,373 pop
- KutragadaBishamakatak mandal1,349 pop
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)