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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chikima is a village in Boipariguda mandal, Koraput district, Odisha. It has a population of 528 in 120 households with a literacy rate of 56.8%. The village is located at 18.715°N, 82.479°E and falls under PIN 764043.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAMUNA NAYAK
Contact: 77****5845
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- LGD code
- 429318
- Pincode
- 764043
- Post office
- Boipariguda
- Population
- 528
- Households
- 120
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 197
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 392 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 447 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jeypore · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Phampuni · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chikima compares
By population, Chikima ranks #56 of 311 villages in Boipariguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.8%
+27.0% vs mandal average
- Chikima
- 56.8%
- Boipariguda mandal
- 29.8%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
−39 vs mandal average
- Chikima
- 1,008
- Boipariguda mandal
- 1,047
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Chikima
- 4.4
- Boipariguda mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikima at a glance
Chikima is a village of 528 people in 120 households (Census 2011) in Boipariguda block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 56th-largest of 311 villages in Boipariguda block. Literacy is 57%, 27 points above the block average of 30% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Koraput district centre, 22 km from Jeypore railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764043, served by Boipariguda post office; the LGD village code is 429318. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Phampuni, 19 km away. The sarpanch is JAMUNA NAYAK, and the village votes in Koraput assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghuram Machha. The population is estimated at 623 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chikima
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- SUNABEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bodaput
- Total area (ha)
- 317
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 153.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.78
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chikima
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chikima
- LGD code
- 429318
- Pincode
- 764043
- Post office
- Boipariguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 528
- Population (projected 2026)
- 623
- Households
- 120
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.71511°N, 82.47858°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghuram Machha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAMUNA NAYAK
- Block / Mandal
- Boipariguda
Getting there
How to reach Chikima
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar392 kmcapital
- Hyderabad447 km
- Chennai669 km
- Kolkata748 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJeypore22 km
- Bus stopLamtaput Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Phampuni19 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank27 km
- Police stationKoraput police station27 km
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- DandabadiBoipariguda mandal3,143 pop
- PendapodaBoipariguda mandal2,984 pop
- RamgiriBoipariguda mandal2,881 pop
- MossigamKundura mandal2,377 pop
- GhumarBoipariguda mandal2,325 pop
- KollarBoipariguda mandal2,320 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)