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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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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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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manima Hantal
Contact: 77****2706
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- LGD code
- 429697
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 2,486
- Households
- 669
- Literacy rate
- 33.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,313
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 388 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 465 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gorapur · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. B. Biswas · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chatua compares
By population, Chatua ranks #1 of 68 villages in Padua mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
33.5%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Chatua
- 33.5%
- Padua mandal
- 33.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
−45 vs mandal average
- Chatua
- 1,019
- Padua mandal
- 1,064
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Chatua
- 3.7
- Padua mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chatua at a glance
Chatua is a village of 2,486 people in 669 households (Census 2011) in Padua block, Koraput district, Odisha, the largest of 68 villages in Padua block. Literacy is 34%, about the same as the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Koraput district centre, 48 km from Madugula, the nearest town, 4 km from Gorapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429697. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. B. Biswas, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Manima Hantal, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 2,931 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chatua
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEYPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chatua
- Total area (ha)
- 1,186
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 32.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 14.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chatua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chatua
- LGD code
- 429697
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,486
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,931
- Households
- 669
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 33.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.34473°N, 82.75987°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
- Manima Hantal
- Block / Mandal
- Padua
Getting there
How to reach Chatua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar388 kmcapital
- Hyderabad465 km
- Chennai643 km
- Kolkata749 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGorapur4 km
- Bus stopDumbriguda Bus Stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. B. Biswas9 km
- Police stationS Kota Police Station47 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)