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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Talapada is a village in Kujang mandal, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, with a population of 342 across 80 households. The literacy rate is 81.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Damayantee Lenka
Contact: 99****4518
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- LGD code
- 397218
- Pincode
- 754141
- Post office
- Kujang
- Population
- 342
- Households
- 80
- Literacy rate
- 81.9%
- Sex ratio
- 879 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 120
- Distance to district centre
- 215 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 140 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 318 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 519 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tikiri · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Talapada compares
By population, Talapada ranks #102 of 142 villages in Kujang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.9%
+2.9% vs mandal average
- Talapada
- 81.9%
- Kujang mandal
- 79.0%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
879
−82 vs mandal average
- Talapada
- 879
- Kujang mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Talapada
- 4.3
- Kujang mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Talapada at a glance
Talapada is a village of 342 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Kujang block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 102nd-largest of 142 villages in Kujang block. Literacy is 82%, 3 points above the block average of 79% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. It lies 215 km from the Jagatsinghapur district centre, 42 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 7 km from Tikiri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754141, served by Kujang post office; the LGD village code is 397218. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Damayantee Lenka, and the village votes in Surada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nilamani Bisoyi. The population is estimated at 403 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Talapada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- PARADIP
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mangarajpur
- Total area (ha)
- 11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Talapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Talapada
- LGD code
- 397218
- Pincode
- 754141
- Post office
- Kujang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 342
- Population (projected 2026)
- 403
- Households
- 80
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 879
- Literacy rate
- 81.9%
- Coordinates
- 19.16046°N, 83.03097°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Surada
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nilamani Bisoyi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Damayantee Lenka
- Block / Mandal
- Kujang
Getting there
How to reach Talapada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar318 kmcapital
- Hyderabad519 km
- Kolkata671 km
- Chennai737 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTikiri7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur12 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management40 km
- Police stationl. police station40 km
Same pincode
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- DhinkiaAbhyachandpur mandal4,141 pop
- BhutumundaiParadeep Lock mandal3,933 pop
- KujangaKujang mandal3,686 pop
- MangarajpurKujang mandal3,314 pop
- BamadeipurErsama mandal3,161 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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