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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MUKTAMANI KIRSANI
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- LGD code
- 429745
- Pincode
- 764037
- Post office
- Nandapur
- Population
- 137
- Households
- 35
- Literacy rate
- 10.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1141 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 78
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 382 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 463 km
- Nearest railway station
- Machkunda Road · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC , Labburu · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chatara compares
By population, Chatara ranks #163 of 215 villages in Nandapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
10.9%
−23.4% vs mandal average
- Chatara
- 10.9%
- Nandapur mandal
- 34.3%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,141
+87 vs mandal average
- Chatara
- 1,141
- Nandapur mandal
- 1,054
Household size
people per home
3.9
Same as the mandal average
- Chatara
- 3.9
- Nandapur mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chatara at a glance
Chatara is a village of 137 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 163rd-largest of 215 villages in Nandapur block. Literacy is 11%, 23 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,141 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Koraput district centre, 3 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764037, served by Nandapur post office; the LGD village code is 429745. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC , Labburu, 22 km away. The sarpanch is MUKTAMANI KIRSANI, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 162 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chatara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KORAPUT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 128
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 29
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dabuguda
- Total area (ha)
- 136
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chatara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chatara
- LGD code
- 429745
- Pincode
- 764037
- Post office
- Nandapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 137
- Population (projected 2026)
- 162
- Households
- 35
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1141
- Literacy rate
- 10.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.54966°N, 82.69053°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pottangi
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Chandra Kadam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MUKTAMANI KIRSANI
- Block / Mandal
- Nandapur
Getting there
How to reach Chatara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar382 kmcapital
- Hyderabad463 km
- Chennai661 km
- Kolkata741 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMachkunda Road3 km
- Bus stopLamtaput Bus Stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC , Labburu22 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India25 km
- Police stationLandespolizei29 km
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- 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
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