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Odisha Sets 2029 Target To Make Every Gram Panchayat Child Labour-free
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRASANTA BHUYAN
Contact: 96****9921
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- LGD code
- 414797
- Pincode
- 761212
- Post office
- Narayanapur (Gajapati)
- Population
- 214
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1119 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 107
Census 2011 · in context
How Kuruguba compares
By population, Kuruguba ranks #77 of 158 villages in Rayagada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.7%
+12.7% vs mandal average
Kuruguba53.7%
Rayagada mandal41.0%
Gajapati district45.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,119
+34 vs mandal average
Kuruguba1,119
Rayagada mandal1,085
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
Kuruguba3.9
Rayagada mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kuruguba at a glance
Kuruguba is a village of 214 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Rayagada block, Gajapati district, Odisha, the 77th-largest of 158 villages in Rayagada block. Literacy is 54%, 13 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 1,119 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 761212, served by Narayanapur (Gajapati) post office; the LGD village code is 414797. The sarpanch is PRASANTA BHUYAN. The population is estimated at 252 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: S.Karadasingi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuruguba · this village | 214 | 54% | — |
| Sankuruda · Rayagada | 535 | 36% | — |
| Lanjipadar · Rayagada | 464 | 45% | — |
| Khiliganda · Rayagada | 413 | 11% | — |
| Rangada · Rayagada | 332 | 34% | — |
| Bonda · Rayagada | 328 | 37% | — |
| S.Karadasingi · Rayagada | 208 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kuruguba
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- S.Karadasingi
- Total area (ha)
- 368
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 42.62
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kuruguba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kuruguba
- LGD code
- 414797
- Pincode
- 761212
- Post office
- Narayanapur (Gajapati)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 214
- Population (projected 2026)
- 252
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1119
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRASANTA BHUYAN
- Block / Mandal
- Rayagada
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)