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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chilam is a small village in Padua mandal, Koraput district, Odisha. With a population of 75 across 22 households, it has a literacy rate of 38.7%. The village is located at coordinates 18.438°N, 82.676°E with PIN code 764041.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIKRAM SISA
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- LGD code
- 429671
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population
- 75
- Households
- 22
- Literacy rate
- 38.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1344 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 55
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 47 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 390 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 458 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bheja · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC , Labburu · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chilam compares
By population, Chilam ranks #58 of 68 villages in Padua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.7%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Chilam
- 38.7%
- Padua mandal
- 33.9%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,344
+280 vs mandal average
- Chilam
- 1,344
- Padua mandal
- 1,064
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Chilam
- 3.4
- Padua mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chilam at a glance
Chilam is a village of 75 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Padua block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 58th-largest of 68 villages in Padua block. Literacy is 39%, 5 points above the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,344 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Koraput district centre, 60 km from Madugula, the nearest town, 4 km from Bheja railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764041, served by Jolaput post office; the LGD village code is 429671. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC , Labburu, 17 km away. The sarpanch is BIKRAM SISA, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 88 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chilam
- 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
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- 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)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balda
- Total area (ha)
- 90
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 19.39
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.97
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chilam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chilam
- LGD code
- 429671
- Pincode
- 764041
- Post office
- Jolaput
- Population (Census 2011)
- 75
- Population (projected 2026)
- 88
- Households
- 22
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1344
- Literacy rate
- 38.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.43793°N, 82.67586°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
- BIKRAM SISA
- Block / Mandal
- Padua
Getting there
How to reach Chilam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar390 kmcapital
- Hyderabad458 km
- Chennai649 km
- Kolkata750 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBheja4 km
- Bus stopPanasaputtu Bus Stop17 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC , Labburu17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India35 km
- Police stationLandespolizei42 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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