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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BALABHADRA BORA
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- LGD code
- 429844
- Pincode
- 764037
- Post office
- Nandapur
- Population
- 374
- Households
- 111
- Literacy rate
- 25.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1022 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 221
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 381 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 462 km
- Nearest railway station
- Machkunda Road · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- ECHS Poly Clinic · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Handapur compares
By population, Handapur ranks #68 of 215 villages in Nandapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.1%
−9.2% vs mandal average
Handapur25.1%
Nandapur mandal34.3%
Koraput district41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,022
−32 vs mandal average
Handapur1,022
Nandapur mandal1,054
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
Handapur3.4
Nandapur mandal3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Handapur at a glance
Handapur is a village of 374 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Nandapur block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 68th-largest of 215 villages in Nandapur block. Literacy is 25%, 9 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,022 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Koraput district centre, 4 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764037, served by Nandapur post office; the LGD village code is 429844. The nearest hospital or health centre is ECHS Poly Clinic, 22 km away. The sarpanch is BALABHADRA BORA, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 441 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Handapur
- 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
- 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)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gunthaput
- Total area (ha)
- 234
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.39
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Handapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Handapur
- LGD code
- 429844
- Pincode
- 764037
- Post office
- Nandapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 374
- Population (projected 2026)
- 441
- Households
- 111
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1022
- Literacy rate
- 25.1%
- Coordinates
- 18.60592°N, 82.66517°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
- BALABHADRA BORA
- Block / Mandal
- Nandapur
Getting there
How to reach Handapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar381 kmcapital
- Hyderabad462 km
- Chennai665 km
- Kolkata739 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMachkunda Road4 km
- Bus stopLamtaput Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCECHS Poly Clinic22 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank22 km
- Police stationKoraput police station23 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)