By population, Kathaphali ranks #91 of 153 villages in Hemgir mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathaphali is a village of 281 people in 70 households (Census 2011) in Hemgir block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 91st-largest of 153 villages in Hemgir block. Literacy is 64%, 2 points below the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 770013, served by Hemgir post office; the LGD village code is 383578. The sarpanch is Upendra Mallik, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 331 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Durubaga →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathaphali · this village | 281 | 64% | — |
| Durubaga · Hemgir | 972 | 63% | — |
| Manaharapur · Hemgir | 507 | 66% | — |
| Kutabaga · Hemgir | 402 | 65% | — |
| Katarbaga · Hemgir | 298 | 72% | — |
| Budhajharia · Hemgir | 218 | 56% | — |
| Paramanandapur · Hemgir | 120 | 69% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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