Koraput Coffee: A Cup Of Coffee Is Changing Tribal Lives In Odisha
Reported by Outlook Traveller.
Billaput observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of 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.
By population, Billaput ranks #73 of 215 villages in Nandapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Billaput is a village of 359 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 73rd-largest of 215 villages in Nandapur block. Literacy is 20%, 14 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,075 women per 1,000 men. It lies 74 km from the Koraput district centre, 29 km from Madugula, the nearest town, 15 km from Araku Valley railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764037, served by Nandapur post office; the LGD village code is 429919. The nearest hospital or health centre is Maa Super Speciality Dental Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is NABINA MUDULI, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 423 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kasandi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billaput · this village | 359 | 20% | — |
| Maddiputtu · Hukumpeta | 64 | 14% | 0.7 km NE |
| Maddiputtu · Hukumpeta | 228 | 30% | 0.7 km NE |
| Kimiduputtu · Hukumpeta | 174 | 25% | 1 km N |
| Kanguputtu · Munchingi Puttu | 93 | 29% | 1 km NE |
| Kanguputtu · Hukumpeta | 324 | 25% | 1 km NE |
| Gatham · Hukumpeta | 583 | 28% | 1.1 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Reported by Outlook Traveller.
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