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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RABINDRA SABARA
Contact: 82****1949
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- LGD code
- 426823
- Pincode
- 765024
- Post office
- Ukkamba
- Population
- 152
- Households
- 42
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 72
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 253 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 592 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- government hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khaligan compares
By population, Khaligan ranks #158 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.3%
+31.4% vs mandal average
- Khaligan
- 74.3%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
−101 vs mandal average
- Khaligan
- 949
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Khaligan
- 3.6
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaligan at a glance
Khaligan is a village of 152 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 158th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 74%, 31 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Rayagada district centre, 45 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 2 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765024, served by Ukkamba post office; the LGD village code is 426823. The nearest hospital or health centre is government hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is RABINDRA SABARA. The population is estimated at 179 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gadiakholla →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khaligan · this village | 152 | 74% | — |
| Ampara · Raighar | 460 | 55% | 1.3 km S |
| Turkamguda · Gunupur | 518 | 47% | 1.8 km W |
| Gobariguda · Gunupur | 379 | 43% | 2 km E |
| Pagadabili · Gunupur | 787 | 60% | 2.9 km NW |
| Netaji Nagar · Bande | 672 | 67% | 3.2 km N |
| Palasingi · Kasinagar | 320 | 38% | 3.5 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khaligan
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gadiakhal
- Total area (ha)
- 108
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khaligan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khaligan
- LGD code
- 426823
- Pincode
- 765024
- Post office
- Ukkamba
- Population (Census 2011)
- 152
- Population (projected 2026)
- 179
- Households
- 42
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.05255°N, 83.80635°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RABINDRA SABARA
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur (2.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khaligan
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 45 km
≈ 1 h 33 min by car · 1 h 51 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar253 kmcapital
- Hyderabad592 km
- Kolkata614 km
- Chennai764 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur2 km
- Bus stopGunupur Bus Station2 km
- Hospital / PHCgovernment hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India2 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station5 km
- CollegeSri Venkateswara Degree College Kotturu32 km
- Police stationKusa39 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Gunupur Bus Station2.0 km
- Railway station
- Gunupur2.0 km
- Health centre
- government hospital2.1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khaligan
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765024
Villages near Khaligan
Other villages in Gunupur mandal
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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)