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Kumahandi

Kotpad mandal
Pincode 764058
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Kumahandi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Odisha

Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.

The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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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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DM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEBA MAJHI
Contact: 99****8960
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LGD code
428185
Pincode
764058
Post office
Kotpad
Population
990
Households
248
Literacy rate
39%
Sex ratio
1063 ♀/1000♂
Workers
590
Distance to district centre
53 km
Distance to mandal centre
7 km
Distance to Bhubaneswar
391 km
Distance to Hyderabad
446 km
Nearest railway station
Kotapar Road · 4 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Bagderi · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Kumahandi compares

By population, Kumahandi ranks #38 of 109 villages in Kotpad mandal.

Literacy rate
%
39.0%
+1.2% vs mandal average
Kumahandi39.0%
Kotpad mandal37.8%
Koraput district41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,063
+39 vs mandal average
Kumahandi1,063
Kotpad mandal1,024
Household size
people per home
4.0
Same as the mandal average
Kumahandi4.0
Kotpad mandal4.0

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Kumahandi at a glance

Kumahandi is a village of 990 people in 248 households (Census 2011) in Kotpad block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 38th-largest of 109 villages in Kotpad block. Literacy is 39%, 1 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,063 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Koraput district centre, 4 km from Kotapar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764058, served by Kotpad post office; the LGD village code is 428185. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bagderi, 4 km away. The sarpanch is DEBA MAJHI. The population is estimated at 1,167 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Kumahandi · this village99039%—
Kharagpur · Tirtol34488%1.8 km NW
Dangarapalli · Kundura1,32035%2.9 km SW
Butiguda · Kotpad0—3.4 km NE
Mundaguda · Kotpad14726%3.4 km NE
Bagderi · Kundura1,92638%3.6 km SE
Sunarbeli · Kotpad86530%3.7 km NW

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kumahandi

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)
14
Power hours (winter)
18
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
Yes
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
KORAPUT
Distance to nearest town (km)
58
Distance to district HQ (km)
63
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
41
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
S.B.Nuagam
Total area (ha)
675
Irrigated area (ha)
247.87
Forest area (ha)
100.92

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Kumahandi

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Kumahandi

LGD code
428185
Pincode
764058
Post office
Kotpad
Population (Census 2011)
990
Population (projected 2026)
1,167
Households
248
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1063
Literacy rate
39.0%
Coordinates
19.01965°N, 82.34145°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Nabarangpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kotpad
Member of Parliament
Balabhadra Majhi
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
DEBA MAJHI
Block / Mandal
Kotpad
Getting there

How to reach Kumahandi

Mandal centre
Kotpad · ≈ 7.0 km
≈ 14 min by car · 17 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Koraput · ≈ 53 km
≈ 1 h 49 min by car · 2 h 9 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhubaneswar391 kmcapital
  • Hyderabad446 km
  • Chennai696 km
  • Kolkata740 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKotapar Road4 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bagderi4 km
  • ATM / bankPunjab National Bank34 km
  • Police stationKoraput police station45 km
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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, 2026-09-25
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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