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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ranjita Pujari
Contact: 63****8311
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- LGD code
- 430455
- Pincode
- 764044
- Post office
- Mathili
- Population
- 1,333
- Households
- 307
- Literacy rate
- 36.3%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 742
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 424 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 415 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotapar Road · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Mathili · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Damapada compares
By population, Damapada ranks #18 of 146 villages in Mathili mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.3%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Damapada
- 36.3%
- Mathili mandal
- 38.4%
- Malkangiri district
- 39.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
−28 vs mandal average
- Damapada
- 990
- Mathili mandal
- 1,018
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Damapada
- 4.3
- Mathili mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Damapada at a glance
Damapada is a village of 1,333 people in 307 households (Census 2011) in Mathili block, Malkangiri district, Odisha, the 18th-largest of 146 villages in Mathili block. Literacy is 36%, 2 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Malkangiri district centre, 48 km from Kotapar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764044, served by Mathili post office; the LGD village code is 430455. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mathili, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Ranjita Pujari, and the village votes in Chitrakonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangu Khilla. The population is estimated at 1,572 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Damapada
- 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
- MALKANGIRI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mecca
- Total area (ha)
- 571
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 195.08
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Damapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Damapada
- LGD code
- 430455
- Pincode
- 764044
- Post office
- Mathili
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,333
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,572
- Households
- 307
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 36.3%
- Coordinates
- 18.62403°N, 82.18695°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nabarangpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chitrakonda
- Member of Parliament
- Balabhadra Majhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mangu Khilla
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ranjita Pujari
- Block / Mandal
- Mathili
Getting there
How to reach Damapada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar424 kmcapital
- Hyderabad415 km
- Chennai649 km
- Kolkata778 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotapar Road48 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Mathili8 km
- ATM / bankSTATE BANK OF INDIA8 km
- Police stationKoraput police station59 km
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)