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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
AMITA HIMIRIKA
Contact: 88****1867
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- LGD code
- 425650
- Pincode
- 765016
- Post office
- K.Singhpur
- Population
- 375
- Households
- 95
- Literacy rate
- 6.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1155 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 212
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 269 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 568 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bissamcuttack · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bisam · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Papikona compares
By population, Papikona ranks #44 of 272 villages in Kalyanasingpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
6.1%
−23.6% vs mandal average
- Papikona
- 6.1%
- Kalyanasingpur mandal
- 29.7%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,155
+24 vs mandal average
- Papikona
- 1,155
- Kalyanasingpur mandal
- 1,131
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Papikona
- 3.9
- Kalyanasingpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Papikona at a glance
Papikona is a village of 375 people in 95 households (Census 2011) in Kalyanasingpur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 44th-largest of 272 villages in Kalyanasingpur block. Literacy is 6%, 24 points below the block average of 30% and the sex ratio is 1,155 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Rayagada district centre, 7 km from Bissamcuttack railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765016, served by K.Singhpur post office; the LGD village code is 425650. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bisam, 12 km away. The sarpanch is AMITA HIMIRIKA. The population is estimated at 442 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Papikona
- 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
- 1
- 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
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Palama
- Total area (ha)
- 461
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 19.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Papikona
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Papikona
- LGD code
- 425650
- Pincode
- 765016
- Post office
- K.Singhpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 375
- Population (projected 2026)
- 442
- Households
- 95
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1155
- Literacy rate
- 6.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.43120°N, 83.42273°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bissam Cuttack
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AMITA HIMIRIKA
- Block / Mandal
- Kalyanasingpur
Getting there
How to reach Papikona
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar269 kmcapital
- Hyderabad568 km
- Kolkata620 km
- Chennai782 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBissamcuttack7 km
- Bus stopJaykaypur Bus Stop21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bisam12 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank28 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management33 km
- Police stationl. police station26 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765016
- PalamaKalyanasingpur mandal1,084 pop
- BijayanagarKalyanasingpur mandal963 pop
- SingariKalyanasingpur mandal846 pop
- SunakhandiKalyanasingpur mandal843 pop
- SulipadarKalyanasingpur mandal825 pop
- BadanaikgudaKalyanasingpur mandal817 pop
- BadaduarsahiKalyanasingpur mandal807 pop
- KatagudaKalyanasingpur mandal756 pop
- BhaleriKalyanasingpur mandal690 pop
Villages near Papikona
Other villages in Kalyanasingpur mandal
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- Bijayanagar
- Majhiguda
- Gurutuli
- Belukona
- Singari
- Sunakhandi
- Sulipadar
- Bheja
- Badanaikguda
- Badaduarsahi
- Kataguda
- Jilunda
- Bhaleri
- Seriguma
- Dhaminipanga
- Narayanapur
- Rakhalguda
- Binisipur
- Mimajholla
- Pujariguda
- Jagannathpur
- Badatadra
- Siripur
- Lamberi
- Hatimunda
- Talaanchalbadi
- Alanda
- Aljingguda
- Poligam
- Pidisikarambu
- Mandipadar
- Dantilingi
- Kandhakatipadu
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)