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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Otanga is a village in Kashipur mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha, with a population of 237 across 54 households. It has a literacy rate of 25.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAYANTI MAJHI
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- LGD code
- 425962
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population
- 237
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 25.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1194 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 131
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 305 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 532 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rauli · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Kashipur · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Otanga compares
By population, Otanga ranks #139 of 350 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.7%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Otanga
- 25.7%
- Kashipur mandal
- 30.8%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,194
+128 vs mandal average
- Otanga
- 1,194
- Kashipur mandal
- 1,066
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Otanga
- 4.4
- Kashipur mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Otanga at a glance
Otanga is a village of 237 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 139th-largest of 350 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 26%, 5 points below the block average of 31% and the sex ratio is 1,194 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Rayagada district centre, 36 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 10 km from Rauli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765015, served by Kashipur (Rayagada) post office; the LGD village code is 425962. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kashipur, 6 km away. The sarpanch is JAYANTI MAJHI. The population is estimated at 279 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Otanga
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 11
- 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
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Shiripai
- Total area (ha)
- 95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Otanga
- LGD code
- 425962
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 237
- Population (projected 2026)
- 279
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1194
- Literacy rate
- 25.7%
- Coordinates
- 19.30344°N, 83.10675°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAYANTI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Otanga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar305 kmcapital
- Hyderabad532 km
- Kolkata656 km
- Chennai755 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRauli10 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Kashipur6 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank35 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management37 km
- Police stationl. police station34 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)