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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kapilash Behera
Contact: 78****3940
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- LGD code
- 395931
- Pincode
- 754246
- Post office
- Madanpur (Kendrapara)
- Population
- 354
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 117
Census 2011 · in context
How Katakana compares
By population, Katakana ranks #165 of 300 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.2%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Katakana
- 78.2%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 73.4%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
−36 vs mandal average
- Katakana
- 945
- Rajnagar mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Katakana
- 5.4
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katakana at a glance
Katakana is a village of 354 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 165th-largest of 300 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 78%, 5 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754246, served by Madanpur (Kendrapara) post office; the LGD village code is 395931. The sarpanch is Kapilash Behera, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 417 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ostia →
Key facts — Katakana
- LGD code
- 395931
- Pincode
- 754246
- Post office
- Madanpur (Kendrapara)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 354
- Population (projected 2026)
- 417
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hindol
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Simarani Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kapilash Behera
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (69.8 km)
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Other villages in Rajnagar mandal
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- Belpal
- Keradagarh
- Rajpur
- Debendranarayanpur
- Nagada
- Balisahipatna
- Brahmansahi
- Govindpur
- Hatina
- Pata Paria
- Ghadiamal
- Kurunti
- Mahinsasur
- Balikana
- Nurugan
- Rajagarh
- Dangamal
- Vekta
- Gobardhanpur
- Chandibaunsamula
- Dighi
- Bhitargarh
- Ostia
- Balarampur
- Santhapada
- Gupti
- Righa Garh
- Madhyapara
- Gokhani
- Badpal
- Satavaya
- Badhadia
- Baghataila
- Sanabadagopalpur
- Rajendranagar
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)