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By population, Kalima ranks #40 of 146 villages in Telkoi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalima is a village of 826 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Telkoi block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 40th-largest of 146 villages in Telkoi block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,050 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 758076, served by Sirigida post office; the LGD village code is 386390. The sarpanch is MOHAN KUMAR NAYAK, and the village votes in Phulbani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uma Charan Mallick. The population is estimated at 974 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sirigida →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalima · this village | 826 | 54% | — |
| Sirigida · Telkoi | 1,736 | 72% | — |
| Kundheihata · Telkoi | 561 | 72% | — |
| Gopinathpur · Telkoi | 363 | 63% | — |
| Purastampur · Telkoi | 271 | 65% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Telkoi mandal
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