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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Debadatta Pardia
Contact: 94****2057
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- LGD code
- 419175
- Pincode
- 767062
- Post office
- Ullunda
- Population
- 34
- Households
- 8
- Literacy rate
- 44.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1267 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 12
Census 2011 · in context
How Mentakani compares
By population, Mentakani ranks #131 of 159 villages in Ulunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.1%
−20.1% vs mandal average
- Mentakani
- 44.1%
- Ulunda mandal
- 64.2%
- Sonepur district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,267
+301 vs mandal average
- Mentakani
- 1,267
- Ulunda mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Mentakani
- 4.3
- Ulunda mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mentakani at a glance
Mentakani is a village of 34 people in 8 households (Census 2011) in Ulunda block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 131st-largest of 159 villages in Ulunda block. Literacy is 44%, 20 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,267 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767062, served by Ullunda post office; the LGD village code is 419175. The sarpanch is Debadatta Pardia, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 40 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chadeipank →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentakani · this village | 34 | 44% | — |
| Chadeipank · Ulunda | 2,886 | 67% | — |
| Kutmenda · Ulunda | 846 | 64% | — |
| Ainlachhat · Ulunda | 743 | 44% | — |
| Jharabahali · Ulunda | 717 | 68% | — |
| Chadeipankjungle · Ulunda | 403 | 64% | — |
| Manpur · Ulunda | 338 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mentakani
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chadeipanka
- Total area (ha)
- 34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mentakani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mentakani
- LGD code
- 419175
- Pincode
- 767062
- Post office
- Ullunda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 34
- Population (projected 2026)
- 40
- Households
- 8
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1267
- Literacy rate
- 44.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Debadatta Pardia
- Block / Mandal
- Ulunda
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 767062
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Mentakani
Other villages in Ulunda mandal
View all 60+ →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)