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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
UM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMAKANTA MALIK
Contact: 99****6562
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- LGD code
- 394968
- Pincode
- 756125
- Post office
- Basudevpur (Bhadrak)
- Population
- 2,747
- Households
- 589
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 970
- Distance to district centre
- 262 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 270 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 237 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 159 km
- Nearest railway station
- Buramara · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gopiballavpur hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kamargan compares
By population, Kamargan ranks #15 of 143 villages in Basudebpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.9%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Kamargan
- 73.9%
- Basudebpur mandal
- 68.9%
- Bhadrak district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
−6 vs mandal average
- Kamargan
- 1,002
- Basudebpur mandal
- 1,008
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Kamargan
- 4.7
- Basudebpur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kamargan at a glance
Kamargan is a village of 2,747 people in 589 households (Census 2011) in Basudebpur block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 15th-largest of 143 villages in Basudebpur block. Literacy is 74%, 5 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 262 km from the Bhadrak district centre, 60 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 25 km from Buramara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756125, served by Basudevpur (Bhadrak) post office; the LGD village code is 394968. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gopiballavpur hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is UMAKANTA MALIK, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 126 in 2026, down 95% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamargan · this village | 2,747 | 74% | — |
| Kamargan · Gopiballavpur - I | 114 | 20% | 0 km N |
| Dharam Pur · Gopiballavpur - I | 1,651 | 76% | 0.6 km NE |
| Dhol Bhanga · Gopiballavpur - I | 0 | — | 0.6 km W |
| Asui · Gopiballavpur - I | 1,321 | 62% | 0.7 km SW |
| Maliara (Gundu Rughura) · Gopiballavpur - I | 0 | — | 1.1 km NW |
| Raikanda · Gopiballavpur - I | 556 | 59% | 1.3 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kamargan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASUDEBPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Guagadia
- Total area (ha)
- 556
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 468.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kamargan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kamargan
- LGD code
- 394968
- Pincode
- 756125
- Post office
- Basudevpur (Bhadrak)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,747
- Population (projected 2026)
- 126
- Households
- 589
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.19031°N, 86.87415°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMAKANTA MALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Basudebpur
Getting there
How to reach Kamargan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar237 kmcapital
- Kolkata159 km
- Hyderabad1027 km
- Delhi1204 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBuramara25 km
- Bus stopBaharagora Bus Terminal19 km
- Hospital / PHCGopiballavpur hospital3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpPragati Petroleum Services14 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science47 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station47 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 756125
- ChudamaniBasudebpur mandal9,975 pop
- SudarsanpurBasudebpur mandal4,688 pop
- NuaganBasudebpur mandal4,326 pop
- Kharida BinayakpurBasudebpur mandal3,981 pop
- EramBasudebpur mandal3,634 pop
- KumarpurBasudebpur mandal3,156 pop
- SugoBasudebpur mandal3,144 pop
- JagannathpurBasudebpur mandal2,554 pop
- SankharuBasudebpur mandal2,261 pop
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Villages near Kamargan
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- Kumarpur
- Sugo
- Lunga
- Bachhada
- Brahmangan
- Jagannathpur
- Rajgharpokhari
- Guagaria
- Alabaga
- Sankharu
- Artung
- Balimunda
- Balarampur
- Urunia
- Bagdabinayakpur
- Tulamtula
- Barandua
- Govindapur
- Suan
- Belasaunlia
- Ratanga
- Baikunthapur
- Khantakhuada
- Aruha
- Biras
- Purastampur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)