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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJAYA KUMAR SETHY
Contact: 89****6343
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- LGD code
- 402855
- Pincode
- 759023
- Post office
- Marthapur
- Population
- 44
- Households
- 8
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1095 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 10
Census 2011 · in context
How Kotarapali compares
By population, Kotarapali ranks #30 of 37 villages in Tumusingha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.5%
+1.8% vs mandal average
Kotarapali70.5%
Tumusingha mandal68.7%
Dhenkanal district69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,095
+153 vs mandal average
Kotarapali1,095
Tumusingha mandal942
Household size
people per home
5.5
+1.2 vs mandal average
Kotarapali5.5
Tumusingha mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotarapali at a glance
Kotarapali is a village of 44 people in 8 households (Census 2011) in Tumusingha block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 30th-largest of 37 villages in Tumusingha block. Literacy is 71%, 2 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,095 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759023, served by Marthapur post office; the LGD village code is 402855. The sarpanch is SANJAYA KUMAR SETHY, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 52 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baruan(K) →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kotarapali · this village | 44 | 71% | — |
| Ichhabatipur (R) · Kamakshyanagar | 1,894 | 67% | — |
| Barunan (Baruan) · Tumusingha | 1,704 | 69% | — |
| Jamujhara · Tumusingha | 528 | 42% | — |
| Udegiri · Tumusingha | 365 | 58% | — |
| Aghiragoda · Tumusingha | 298 | 69% | — |
| Aghiragoda(L) · Tumusingha | 230 | 57% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kotarapali
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- DHENKANAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baruan
- Total area (ha)
- 95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kotarapali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kotarapali
- LGD code
- 402855
- Pincode
- 759023
- Post office
- Marthapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 44
- Population (projected 2026)
- 52
- Households
- 8
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1095
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jajpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sukinda
- Member of Parliament
- Rabindra Narayan Behera
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Bal Samanta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJAYA KUMAR SETHY
- Block / Mandal
- Tumusingha
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759023
- JiralKamakshyanagar mandal5,435 pop
- Bhairapur (L)Tumusingha mandal2,717 pop
- MarthapurBhuban mandal2,498 pop
- BedhapalKamakshyanagar mandal1,699 pop
- AdipuraBhuban mandal1,605 pop
- KhurusiaKamakshyanagar mandal1,585 pop
- DighiKamakshyanagar mandal1,485 pop
- GoradiaKamakshyanagar mandal1,469 pop
- BankualKamakshyanagar mandal1,449 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kotarapali
Other villages in Tumusingha mandal
View all 36 →- Kantiokateni
- Kantioputasahi
- Tumusingha
- Bhairapur (L)
- Analabereni
- Barunan (Baruan)
- Srimula (Sirimula)
- Budhibilli
- Rainarasinghpur Sasan
- Jogidiha
- Khatuahata
- Bhairapur (R)
- Dhobabahali
- Kamagarapatana
- Upara Jhagadapada
- Machhia
- Jaka
- Godaribili
- Jamujhara
- Arnnapurnapur (Ka)
- Sukapada
- Udegiri
- Pandua
- Aghiragoda
- Sogarkateni
- Aghiragoda(L)
- Salia
- Ambakholakateni
- Karabar
- Hadagarh
- Haridapal
- Mahugadia
- Rabada
- Routapada
- Talajhagadapada
- Tentulisinga
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)