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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAYANTI MAJHI
Contact: 87****8513
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- LGD code
- 426772
- Pincode
- 765023
- Post office
- Kujendri
- Population
- 199
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 37.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1211 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 75
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 258 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 582 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- government hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sikala compares
By population, Sikala ranks #146 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.7%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Sikala
- 37.7%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,211
+161 vs mandal average
- Sikala
- 1,211
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
3.1
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Sikala
- 3.1
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sikala at a glance
Sikala is a village of 199 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 146th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 38%, 5 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,211 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Rayagada district centre, 52 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 17 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765023, served by Kujendri post office; the LGD village code is 426772. The nearest hospital or health centre is government hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is JAYANTI MAJHI. The population is estimated at 235 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sikala · this village | 199 | 38% | — |
| Sikhajhola · Gunupur | 130 | 5% | 0.9 km NW |
| Tambakana · Gunupur | 219 | 32% | 1.6 km NW |
| Gomopadu · Gunupur | 457 | 36% | 1.6 km NW |
| Regada · Gunupur | 1,616 | 35% | 2 km W |
| Raiguda · Gunupur | 480 | 42% | 2 km W |
| Sanamulunga · Gunupur | 84 | 8% | 2.1 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sikala
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gogupadu
- Total area (ha)
- 400
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 168.43
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sikala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sikala
- LGD code
- 426772
- Pincode
- 765023
- Post office
- Kujendri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 199
- Population (projected 2026)
- 235
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1211
- Literacy rate
- 37.7%
- Coordinates
- 19.15393°N, 83.67904°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAYANTI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Sikala
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 52 km
≈ 1 h 47 min by car · 2 h 7 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar258 kmcapital
- Hyderabad582 km
- Kolkata618 km
- Chennai767 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur17 km
- Bus stopKedaripuram Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCgovernment hospital16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station20 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management28 km
- Police stationl. police station29 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)