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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SMT SONTOSINI HUIKA
Contact: 96****4704
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- LGD code
- 426276
- Pincode
- 765002
- Post office
- Rayagada S.F.
- Population
- 297
- Households
- 73
- Literacy rate
- 35.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1339 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 183
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitrapada (Kandhaguda) compares
By population, Chitrapada (Kandhaguda) ranks #162 of 389 villages in Rayagada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.4%
−4.0% vs mandal average
- Chitrapada (Kandhaguda)
- 35.4%
- Rayagada mandal
- 39.4%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,339
+257 vs mandal average
- Chitrapada (Kandhaguda)
- 1,339
- Rayagada mandal
- 1,082
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Chitrapada (Kandhaguda)
- 4.1
- Rayagada mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitrapada (Kandhaguda) at a glance
Chitrapada (Kandhaguda) is a village of 297 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Rayagada block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 162nd-largest of 389 villages in Rayagada block. Literacy is 35%, 4 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,339 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 765002, served by Rayagada S.F. post office; the LGD village code is 426276. The sarpanch is SMT SONTOSINI HUIKA. The population is estimated at 350 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mukundapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitrapada (Kandhaguda) · this village | 297 | 35% | — |
| Mukundapur · Rayagada | 1,205 | 62% | — |
| Hatikhamba · Rayagada | 434 | 46% | — |
| Garudapadar · Rayagada | 309 | 30% | — |
| Jagannathpur · Rayagada | 288 | 34% | — |
| Karubai · Rayagada | 262 | 19% | — |
| Dondasena Sikabadi · Rayagada | 226 | 50% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitrapada (Kandhaguda)
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kailashpur
- Total area (ha)
- 210
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitrapada (Kandhaguda)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitrapada (Kandhaguda)
- LGD code
- 426276
- Pincode
- 765002
- Post office
- Rayagada S.F.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 297
- Population (projected 2026)
- 350
- Households
- 73
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1339
- Literacy rate
- 35.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SMT SONTOSINI HUIKA
- Block / Mandal
- Rayagada
Same pincode
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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)