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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BASANTI JANI
Contact: 76****1844
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- LGD code
- 428303
- Pincode
- 764057
- Post office
- Bhairabsinghpur
- Population
- 2,281
- Households
- 623
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1001 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 961
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 356 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 481 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maligura · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sindhiguda Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kamta compares
By population, Kamta ranks #8 of 114 villages in Boriguma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.9%
+14.0% vs mandal average
- Kamta
- 50.9%
- Boriguma mandal
- 36.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,001
−29 vs mandal average
- Kamta
- 1,001
- Boriguma mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kamta
- 3.7
- Boriguma mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kamta at a glance
Kamta is a village of 2,281 people in 623 households (Census 2011) in Boriguma block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 8th-largest of 114 villages in Boriguma block. Literacy is 51%, 14 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,001 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Koraput district centre, 42 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 18 km from Maligura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764057, served by Bhairabsinghpur post office; the LGD village code is 428303. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sindhiguda Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is BASANTI JANI.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kamta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SUNABEDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 59
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kamta
- Total area (ha)
- 453
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kamta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kamta
- LGD code
- 428303
- Pincode
- 764057
- Post office
- Bhairabsinghpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,281
- Population (projected 2026)
- 0
- Households
- 623
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1001
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Coordinates
- 19.11826°N, 82.66413°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jeypore
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BASANTI JANI
- Block / Mandal
- Boriguma
Getting there
How to reach Kamta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar356 kmcapital
- Hyderabad481 km
- Kolkata706 km
- Chennai718 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaligura18 km
- Hospital / PHCSindhiguda Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank34 km
- Police stationKoraput police station34 km
Same pincode
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- BenasurBoriguma mandal1,991 pop
- NuagamBhairabsingipur mandal1,892 pop
- TokigudaBhairabsingipur mandal1,756 pop
- RathaliBhairabsingipur mandal1,666 pop
- GumudaBoriguma mandal1,572 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- 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)