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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DAMBURDHAR MAJHI
Contact: 77****8693
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- LGD code
- 426028
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population
- 161
- Households
- 51
- Literacy rate
- 1.9%
- Sex ratio
- 769 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 320 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 518 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tikiri · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Odajal compares
By population, Odajal ranks #184 of 350 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
1.9%
−28.9% vs mandal average
- Odajal
- 1.9%
- Kashipur mandal
- 30.8%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
769
−297 vs mandal average
- Odajal
- 769
- Kashipur mandal
- 1,066
Household size
people per home
3.2
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Odajal
- 3.2
- Kashipur mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Odajal at a glance
Odajal is a village of 161 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 184th-largest of 350 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 2%, 29 points below the block average of 31% and the sex ratio is 769 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Rayagada district centre, 26 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 19 km from Tikiri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765015, served by Kashipur (Rayagada) post office; the LGD village code is 426028. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur, 16 km away. The sarpanch is DAMBURDHAR MAJHI. The population is estimated at 190 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Odajal
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 105
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kodipari
- Total area (ha)
- 19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Odajal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Odajal
- LGD code
- 426028
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 161
- Population (projected 2026)
- 190
- Households
- 51
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 769
- Literacy rate
- 1.9%
- Coordinates
- 19.28590°N, 82.96478°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DAMBURDHAR MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Odajal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar320 kmcapital
- Hyderabad518 km
- Kolkata669 km
- Chennai747 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTikiri19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur16 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management50 km
- Police stationl. police station48 km
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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)