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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 399094
- Pincode
- 754297
- Population
- 300
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 84%
- Sex ratio
- 1041 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 112
Census 2011 · in context
How Karakamal compares
By population, Karakamal ranks #101 of 151 villages in Athagad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.0%
+16.6% vs mandal average
- Karakamal
- 84.0%
- Athagad mandal
- 67.4%
- Cuttack district
- 76.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,041
+87 vs mandal average
- Karakamal
- 1,041
- Athagad mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Karakamal
- 4.3
- Athagad mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karakamal at a glance
Karakamal is a village of 300 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Athagad block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 101st-largest of 151 villages in Athagad block. Literacy is 84%, 17 points above the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,041 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754297; the LGD village code is 399094. The village votes in Baramba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera. The population is estimated at 354 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kulailo →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karakamal · this village | 300 | 84% | — |
| Kulailo · Athagad | 1,293 | 74% | — |
| Talagada · Athagad | 823 | 64% | — |
| Silapat · Athagad | 550 | 74% | — |
| Udayapurdesh · Athagad | 380 | 79% | — |
| Radhakrushnapur · Khuntuni | 289 | 79% | — |
| Patalinga · Athagad | 144 | 88% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karakamal
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ATHAGAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kulailo
- Total area (ha)
- 18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karakamal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karakamal
- LGD code
- 399094
- Pincode
- 754297
- Population (Census 2011)
- 300
- Population (projected 2026)
- 354
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1041
- Literacy rate
- 84.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baramba
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera
- Block / Mandal
- Athagad
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 754297
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Karakamal
Other villages in Athagad mandal
View all 60+ →- Srirangapur
- Rampei
- Sathilo
- Khuntakata
- Kandarpur
- Samasarapur
- Kumarpur
- Radhagobindapur
- Jenapadadesh
- Rajanagar
- Bentapada
- Bali
- Balarampur
- Nuabandha
- Balipur
- Megha
- Tarading
- Dhaipur
- Regedapada
- Ghantikhala
- Dasapur
- Anantapur
- Brahmanbasta
- Ankula
- Badabhuindal
- Brahmapur
- Joranda
- Kulailo
- Sauria
- Gudupada
- Katkiasahi
- Madhabpur
- Mahakalabasta
- Radhadamodarpur
- Patanda
- Khamarnuagan
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)