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5 Doctors In The Making: This Poor Tribal Family From Kandhamal Village In Odisha Has All Children Studying Medicine
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- LGD code
- 415448
- Pincode
- 762002
- Post office
- Contractorpada
- Population
- 504
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1057 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 240
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 249 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 589 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bissamcuttack · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bisam · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Alami compares
By population, Alami ranks #17 of 220 villages in Phulabani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.6%
+9.2% vs mandal average
Alami70.6%
Phulabani mandal61.4%
Kandhamal district54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,057
+34 vs mandal average
Alami1,057
Phulabani mandal1,023
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
Alami4.0
Phulabani mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alami at a glance
Alami is a village of 504 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Phulabani block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 17th-largest of 220 villages in Phulabani block. Literacy is 71%, 9 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,057 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Kandhamal district centre, 23 km from Bissamcuttack railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762002, served by Contractorpada post office; the LGD village code is 415448. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bisam, 20 km away. The population is estimated at 594 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Alami
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- PHULABANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Alami
- Total area (ha)
- 354
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 103.04
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Alami
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Key facts — Alami
- LGD code
- 415448
- Pincode
- 762002
- Post office
- Contractorpada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 504
- Population (projected 2026)
- 594
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1057
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Coordinates
- 19.39325°N, 83.65058°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Block / Mandal
- Phulabani
Getting there
How to reach Alami
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar249 kmcapital
- Hyderabad589 km
- Kolkata604 km
- Chennai789 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBissamcuttack23 km
- Bus stopKisiri18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bisam20 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank34 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management38 km
- Police stationl. police station34 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)