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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAJHIGOURI KONDAGORI
Contact: 76****4293
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- LGD code
- 426726
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population
- 130
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 4.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1203 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 79
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 258 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 582 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Medical Jangili · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sikhajhola compares
By population, Sikhajhola ranks #167 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
4.6%
−38.3% vs mandal average
- Sikhajhola
- 4.6%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,203
+153 vs mandal average
- Sikhajhola
- 1,203
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Sikhajhola
- 3.8
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sikhajhola at a glance
Sikhajhola is a village of 130 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 167th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 5%, 38 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,203 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Rayagada district centre, 53 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 17 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765029, served by Ramanaguda post office; the LGD village code is 426726. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Medical Jangili, 17 km away. The sarpanch is MAJHIGOURI KONDAGORI. The population is estimated at 153 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sikhajhola
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 59
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gulunthi
- Total area (ha)
- 282
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.17
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sikhajhola
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sikhajhola
- LGD code
- 426726
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 130
- Population (projected 2026)
- 153
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1203
- Literacy rate
- 4.6%
- Coordinates
- 19.16062°N, 83.67455°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAJHIGOURI KONDAGORI
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Sikhajhola
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 53 km
≈ 1 h 48 min by car · 2 h 9 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar258 kmcapital
- Hyderabad582 km
- Kolkata617 km
- Chennai767 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur17 km
- Bus stopKedaripuram Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Medical Jangili17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station21 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management28 km
- Police stationl. police station28 km
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- 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)