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- LGD code
- 415499
- Pincode
- 762029
- Post office
- Gumagarh
- Population
- 232
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 64.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1035 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
- Distance to district centre
- 75 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 84 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 331 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 509 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kakiriguma · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 30 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Biraguda compares
By population, Biraguda ranks #53 of 220 villages in Phulabani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.2%
+2.8% vs mandal average
- Biraguda
- 64.2%
- Phulabani mandal
- 61.4%
- Kandhamal district
- 54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,035
+12 vs mandal average
- Biraguda
- 1,035
- Phulabani mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Biraguda
- 4.5
- Phulabani mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Biraguda at a glance
Biraguda is a village of 232 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Phulabani block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 53rd-largest of 220 villages in Phulabani block. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. It lies 75 km from the Kandhamal district centre, 57 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 3 km from Kakiriguma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762029, served by Gumagarh post office; the LGD village code is 415499. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 30 km away. The population is estimated at 274 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Biraguda
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ganjuguda
- Total area (ha)
- 83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Biraguda
- LGD code
- 415499
- Pincode
- 762029
- Post office
- Gumagarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 232
- Population (projected 2026)
- 274
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1035
- Literacy rate
- 64.2%
- Coordinates
- 18.94840°N, 83.01050°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Block / Mandal
- Phulabani
Getting there
How to reach Biraguda
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 57 km
≈ 1 h 58 min by car · 2 h 20 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar331 kmcapital
- Hyderabad509 km
- Kolkata687 km
- Chennai715 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKakiriguma3 km
- Bus stopDamanjodi Junction Bus Stop23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital30 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India23 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management47 km
- Police stationLandespolizei35 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)