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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sirimoda is a village in Similiguda mandal, Koraput district, Odisha, with a population of 742 across 190 households. Located at 18.615°N, 82.881°E, it has a literacy rate of 32.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RITA NAYAK
Contact: 98****7845
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- LGD code
- 430013
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population
- 742
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 32.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1096 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 459
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 361 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 484 km
- Nearest railway station
- Damanjodi · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- New Apollo Medical Store · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sirimoda compares
By population, Sirimoda ranks #23 of 55 villages in Similiguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.9%
−1.3% vs mandal average
- Sirimoda
- 32.9%
- Similiguda mandal
- 34.2%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,096
+26 vs mandal average
- Sirimoda
- 1,096
- Similiguda mandal
- 1,070
Household size
people per home
3.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Sirimoda
- 3.9
- Similiguda mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sirimoda at a glance
Sirimoda is a village of 742 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Similiguda block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 55 villages in Similiguda block. Literacy is 33%, 1 points below the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,096 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Koraput district centre, 44 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 17 km from Damanjodi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764039, served by Pottangi post office; the LGD village code is 430013. The nearest hospital or health centre is New Apollo Medical Store, 10 km away. The sarpanch is RITA NAYAK, and the village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 875 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sirimoda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KOTPAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kunduli
- Total area (ha)
- 695
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 54.94
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sirimoda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sirimoda
- LGD code
- 430013
- Pincode
- 764039
- Post office
- Pottangi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 742
- Population (projected 2026)
- 875
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1096
- Literacy rate
- 32.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.61487°N, 82.88104°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
- RITA NAYAK
- Block / Mandal
- Similiguda
Getting there
How to reach Sirimoda
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 44 km
≈ 1 h 30 min by car · 1 h 47 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar361 kmcapital
- Hyderabad484 km
- Chennai675 km
- Kolkata721 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDamanjodi17 km
- Bus stopSimiliguda Bus Stop11 km
- Hospital / PHCNew Apollo Medical Store10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpHP28 km
- CollegeRaja college ground50 km
- Police stationLandespolizei28 km
Same pincode
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- Renu
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)