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Koraput Coffee: A Cup Of Coffee Is Changing Tribal Lives In Odisha
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pandi Kumari
Contact: 63****4113
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- LGD code
- 430112
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population
- 233
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 6%
- Sex ratio
- 1219 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 116
Census 2011 · in context
How Madkar(Markar) compares
By population, Madkar(Markar) ranks #10 of 23 villages in Kotiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
6.0%
−12.8% vs mandal average
- Madkar(Markar)
- 6.0%
- Kotiya mandal
- 18.8%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,219
+150 vs mandal average
- Madkar(Markar)
- 1,219
- Kotiya mandal
- 1,069
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Madkar(Markar)
- 4.2
- Kotiya mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Madkar(Markar) at a glance
Madkar(Markar) is a village of 233 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Kotiya block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 10th-largest of 23 villages in Kotiya block. Literacy is 6%, 13 points below the block average of 19% and the sex ratio is 1,219 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764039, served by Pottangi post office; the LGD village code is 430112. The sarpanch is Pandi Kumari, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 275 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sunki →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madkar(Markar) · this village | 233 | 6% | — |
| Sunki · Pottangi | 1,839 | 51% | — |
| Laudi · Pottangi | 1,229 | 39% | — |
| Alasi · Pottangi | 495 | 19% | — |
| Ondarangi · Pottangi | 483 | 19% | — |
| Gurujiguda · Pottangi | 418 | 22% | — |
| Walagan(Olagaon) · Pottangi | 352 | 12% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Madkar(Markar)
- 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
- 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)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 69
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kotiya
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Madkar(Markar)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Madkar(Markar)
- LGD code
- 430112
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 275
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1219
- Literacy rate
- 6.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pandi Kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Kotiya
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764039
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Madkar(Markar)
Other villages in Kotiya mandal
View all 32 →- Thuria(Turia)
- Naringopodar (Naringipodar)
- Kotiya
- Ganjaipadar
- Talakanti
- Galigapadar(Galigabadar)
- Borabandha(Barabandha)
- Mathalambo(Matlamba)
- Phagunsenary
- Doliamba
- Harmandangi
- Dhulipadar
- Ranasingi
- Chintalmanjari
- Narlavalasa(Nardavalasa)
- Gumelpadar
- Soliamari
- Katraguda
- Arjuvalsa
- Sidivalsa
- Mahipani
- Nandaparti
- Bhejaguda
- Chintalguda
- Jhankarguda
- Jodimadli
- Kamarpadu
- Kambiripadu
- Madiliguda
- Mulaguda
- Nuaguda
- T Karabada
Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)