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- LGD code
- 415462
- Pincode
- 762002
- Post office
- Contractorpada
- Population
- 113
- Households
- 28
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1055 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 62
- Distance to district centre
- 211 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 229 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 466 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 386 km
- Nearest railway station
- Silak Jhori · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ravindra Nath Tagore District Hospital · 29 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Padeli compares
By population, Padeli ranks #112 of 220 villages in Phulabani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
+5.0% vs mandal average
Padeli66.4%
Phulabani mandal61.4%
Kandhamal district54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,055
+32 vs mandal average
Padeli1,055
Phulabani mandal1,023
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
Padeli4.0
Phulabani mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padeli at a glance
Padeli is a village of 113 people in 28 households (Census 2011) in Phulabani block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 112th-largest of 220 villages in Phulabani block. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,055 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Kandhamal district centre, 48 km from Silak Jhori railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 762002, served by Contractorpada post office; the LGD village code is 415462. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ravindra Nath Tagore District Hospital, 29 km away. The population is estimated at 133 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Padeli
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PHULABANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dudiki
- Total area (ha)
- 33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Padeli
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Key facts — Padeli
- LGD code
- 415462
- Pincode
- 762002
- Post office
- Contractorpada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 113
- Population (projected 2026)
- 133
- Households
- 28
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1055
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Coordinates
- 19.37732°N, 81.48232°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Block / Mandal
- Phulabani
Getting there
How to reach Padeli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar466 kmcapital
- Hyderabad386 km
- Chennai712 km
- Kolkata798 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSilak Jhori48 km
- Hospital / PHCRavindra Nath Tagore District Hospital29 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)