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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Makapadara is a village in Doraguda mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha. It has a population of 241 across 50 households with a literacy rate of 26.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LILABATI MANDINGA
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- LGD code
- 426172
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population
- 241
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 26.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1152 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 104
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 325 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 512 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tikiri · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Makapadara compares
By population, Makapadara ranks #12 of 30 villages in Doraguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
26.6%
+4.7% vs mandal average
- Makapadara
- 26.6%
- Doraguda mandal
- 21.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,152
+86 vs mandal average
- Makapadara
- 1,152
- Doraguda mandal
- 1,066
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Makapadara
- 4.8
- Doraguda mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makapadara at a glance
Makapadara is a village of 241 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Doraguda block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 30 villages in Doraguda block. Literacy is 27%, 5 points above the block average of 22% and the sex ratio is 1,152 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Rayagada district centre, 35 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 15 km from Tikiri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765015, served by Kashipur (Rayagada) post office; the LGD village code is 426172. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur, 18 km away. The sarpanch is LILABATI MANDINGA. The population is estimated at 284 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makapadara · this village | 241 | 27% | — |
| Tureighati · Kashipur | 770 | 43% | 1.8 km S |
| Kundurusila · Doraguda | 175 | 7% | 3.2 km N |
| Belagachhatunda · Doraguda | 253 | 15% | 3.4 km NE |
| Bhitaraguma · Doraguda | 111 | 3% | 3.4 km E |
| Kaliamba · Nuagaon | 185 | 75% | 3.8 km SW |
| Kaliamba · Dasamantapur | 229 | 45% | 3.8 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Makapadara
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Podapadi
- Total area (ha)
- 83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 48.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Makapadara
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Key facts — Makapadara
- LGD code
- 426172
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 241
- Population (projected 2026)
- 284
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1152
- Literacy rate
- 26.6%
- Coordinates
- 19.18568°N, 82.95305°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LILABATI MANDINGA
- Block / Mandal
- Doraguda
Getting there
How to reach Makapadara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar325 kmcapital
- Hyderabad512 km
- Kolkata677 km
- Chennai737 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTikiri15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur18 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management49 km
- Police stationl. police station48 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765015
Villages near Makapadara
Other villages in Doraguda mandal
View all 29 →- Koral
- Dimundi
- Tikarapada
- Kucher
- Gumamurka
- Patiasil Tunda
- Gujuri Amba Panjara
- Hatimunda Tikiri
- Ghumundimandi
- Belagachhatunda
- Bandadar
- Tujer
- Khotalapadar
- Karli
- Kadalikhol
- Kundurusila
- Tikara Panjara
- Shishupasa
- Kashadar
- Ramibeda
- Bhitaraguma
- Kantabanjhi
- Jhola Kumuli
- Ghuguna
- Kukudakata
- Siadimala
- Kiraambapadar
- Koditikhala
- Raimachhapurunapadar
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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)