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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jagamahan Majhi
Contact: 78****0919
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- LGD code
- 428109
- Pincode
- 764058
- Post office
- Kotpad
- Population
- 1,574
- Households
- 375
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1055 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 770
- Distance to district centre
- 58 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 384 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 454 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotapar Road · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govinda Ayyurvedic Clinic · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitagam compares
By population, Chitagam ranks #18 of 109 villages in Kotpad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.8%
+9.0% vs mandal average
- Chitagam
- 46.8%
- Kotpad mandal
- 37.8%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,055
+31 vs mandal average
- Chitagam
- 1,055
- Kotpad mandal
- 1,024
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chitagam
- 4.2
- Kotpad mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitagam at a glance
Chitagam is a village of 1,574 people in 375 households (Census 2011) in Kotpad block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 18th-largest of 109 villages in Kotpad block. Literacy is 47%, 9 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,055 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Koraput district centre, 59 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 13 km from Kotapar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764058, served by Kotpad post office; the LGD village code is 428109. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govinda Ayyurvedic Clinic, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Jagamahan Majhi. The population is estimated at 1,856 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitagam
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 19
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 76
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 54
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Girla
- Total area (ha)
- 510
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 218.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 69.47
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitagam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitagam
- LGD code
- 428109
- Pincode
- 764058
- Post office
- Kotpad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,574
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,856
- Households
- 375
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1055
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Coordinates
- 19.14945°N, 82.36702°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nabarangpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kotpad
- Member of Parliament
- Balabhadra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jagamahan Majhi
- Block / Mandal
- Kotpad
Getting there
How to reach Chitagam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar384 kmcapital
- Hyderabad454 km
- Chennai711 km
- Kolkata730 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotapar Road13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovinda Ayyurvedic Clinic12 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank36 km
- Police stationKoraput police station52 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764058
- BatasonaKotpad mandal5,859 pop
- SoshahandiKotpad mandal3,074 pop
- KuhudigamKotpad mandal2,581 pop
- Dhamonahandi(Dhamanahandi)Kotpad mandal2,409 pop
- AmbogamKotpad mandal2,372 pop
- Nuagam(Thengguda Kamalpadar)Kotpad mandal2,344 pop
- GirlaKotpad mandal2,227 pop
- KusumiKotpad mandal2,201 pop
- BobiyaKotpad mandal2,147 pop
Villages near Chitagam
Other villages in Kotpad mandal
View all 60+ →- Batasona
- Soshahandi
- Kuhudigam
- Dhamonahandi(Dhamanahandi)
- Ambogam
- Nuagam(Thengguda Kamalpadar)
- Girla
- Kusumi
- Bobiya
- Bhansuli
- Chitra
- Sodoranga(Sadaranga)
- Ghumargam(Ghomar)
- Mundipodar
- Chhatarla(Chotorla)
- Nehurupali
- Ghotorlla(Ghotarla)
- Makaput
- Murtahandi
- Sutipadar
- Sandhagam
- Kotpad
- Chandili
- Asna (Asana)
- Gumuda
- Charamula(Choramula)
- Kurmakote
- Narahandi
- Belgam
- Basuli
- Nuagam (Nuaguda)
- Sirisi (Amiliguda)
- Sorgiguda( Pakhanaguda)
- Phupugam
- Sorishapadar
- Surli
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)