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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SJ
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAIBENI JANI
Contact: 70****8371
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- LGD code
- 428446
- Pincode
- 764028
- Post office
- Dasamanthpur
- Population
- 693
- Households
- 193
- Literacy rate
- 26%
- Sex ratio
- 1020 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 437
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 330 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 508 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singaram · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur · 25 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tunkhal compares
By population, Tunkhal ranks #29 of 148 villages in Dasamantapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
26.0%
−8.7% vs mandal average
- Tunkhal
- 26.0%
- Dasamantapur mandal
- 34.7%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,020
−31 vs mandal average
- Tunkhal
- 1,020
- Dasamantapur mandal
- 1,051
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Tunkhal
- 3.6
- Dasamantapur mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tunkhal at a glance
Tunkhal is a village of 693 people in 193 households (Census 2011) in Dasamantapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 29th-largest of 148 villages in Dasamantapur block. Literacy is 26%, 9 points below the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 1,020 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Koraput district centre, 47 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 16 km from Singaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764028, served by Dasamanthpur post office; the LGD village code is 428446. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur, 25 km away. The sarpanch is SAIBENI JANI. The population is estimated at 817 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tunkhal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chikamba
- Total area (ha)
- 6,940
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 254.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tunkhal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tunkhal
- LGD code
- 428446
- Pincode
- 764028
- Post office
- Dasamanthpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 693
- Population (projected 2026)
- 817
- Households
- 193
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1020
- Literacy rate
- 26.0%
- Coordinates
- 19.07292°N, 82.95520°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Laxmipur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAIBENI JANI
- Block / Mandal
- Dasamantapur
Getting there
How to reach Tunkhal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar330 kmcapital
- Hyderabad508 km
- Kolkata684 km
- Chennai725 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSingaram16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur25 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India35 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management49 km
- Police stationLandespolizei38 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764028
- LullaDasamantapur mandal2,796 pop
- DasamantapurDasamantapur mandal2,138 pop
- KittesDasamantapur mandal1,895 pop
- ParajabedapadarDasamantapur mandal1,654 pop
- KuntesDasamantapur mandal1,638 pop
- ChaulkantiDasamantapur mandal1,439 pop
- MaruarDasamantapur mandal1,259 pop
- GoudabarikantaDasamantapur mandal1,186 pop
- GodriDasamantapur mandal1,110 pop
Villages near Tunkhal
Other villages in Dasamantapur mandal
View all 60+ →- Lulla
- Dasamantapur
- Kittes
- Parajapuki
- Mainamal
- Parajabedapadar
- Kuntes
- Chaulkanti
- Maruar
- Goudabarikanta
- Godri
- Baghachema
- Podeiput
- Girli
- Kemil
- Sembi
- Badabagiri
- Killar
- Barikanta
- Anagar
- Biriguda
- Murkar
- Guma
- Dumbaguda
- Badapindapadar
- Bhitarabagiri
- Talanga
- Dokribeda
- Paikpuki
- Baragachha
- Chikamba
- Sorispadar
- Goudachema
- Upargadala
- Gadiaguda
- Parajasuku
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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)