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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Podaguda is a village in Mathili mandal, Malkangiri district, Odisha, with a population of 377 across 78 households. The literacy rate is notably low at 10.9%. The village is located at coordinates 18.560°N, 81.979°E.
IN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
INDRA NAYAK
Contact: 93****8824
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- LGD code
- 430471
- Pincode
- 764044
- Post office
- Mathili
- Population
- 377
- Households
- 78
- Literacy rate
- 10.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1071 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 178
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 447 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 392 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kumhar Sodra · 50 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Sautnar · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Podaguda compares
By population, Podaguda ranks #80 of 146 villages in Mathili mandal.
Literacy rate
%
10.9%
−27.5% vs mandal average
- Podaguda
- 10.9%
- Mathili mandal
- 38.4%
- Malkangiri district
- 39.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,071
+53 vs mandal average
- Podaguda
- 1,071
- Mathili mandal
- 1,018
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Podaguda
- 4.8
- Mathili mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podaguda at a glance
Podaguda is a village of 377 people in 78 households (Census 2011) in Mathili block, Malkangiri district, Odisha, the 80th-largest of 146 villages in Mathili block. Literacy is 11%, 28 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,071 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Malkangiri district centre, 50 km from Kumhar Sodra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764044, served by Mathili post office; the LGD village code is 430471. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sautnar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is INDRA NAYAK, and the village votes in Chitrakonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangu Khilla. The population is estimated at 444 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Podaguda
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pangam
- Total area (ha)
- 219
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 48.73
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Podaguda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Podaguda
- LGD code
- 430471
- Pincode
- 764044
- Post office
- Mathili
- Population (Census 2011)
- 377
- Population (projected 2026)
- 444
- Households
- 78
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1071
- Literacy rate
- 10.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.56046°N, 81.97932°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nabarangpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chitrakonda
- Member of Parliament
- Balabhadra Majhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mangu Khilla
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- INDRA NAYAK
- Block / Mandal
- Mathili
Getting there
How to reach Podaguda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar447 kmcapital
- Hyderabad392 km
- Chennai636 km
- Bengaluru779 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKumhar Sodra50 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Sautnar18 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum35 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma39 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Sileru57 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)