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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tekaguda is a village in Orkel mandal, Malkangiri district, Odisha. It has a population of 651 across 162 households with a literacy rate of 35.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SMT MENAKASRI SISA
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- LGD code
- 430878
- Pincode
- 764051
- Post office
- Balimela
- Population
- 651
- Households
- 162
- Literacy rate
- 35.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1054 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 352
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 435 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 408 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padua · 52 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Mathili · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tekaguda compares
By population, Tekaguda ranks #27 of 93 villages in Orkel mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.6%
−4.4% vs mandal average
Tekaguda35.6%
Orkel mandal40.0%
Malkangiri district39.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,054
−13 vs mandal average
Tekaguda1,054
Orkel mandal1,067
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
Tekaguda4.0
Orkel mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tekaguda at a glance
Tekaguda is a village of 651 people in 162 households (Census 2011) in Orkel block, Malkangiri district, Odisha, the 27th-largest of 93 villages in Orkel block. Literacy is 36%, 4 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Malkangiri district centre, 52 km from Padua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764051, served by Balimela post office; the LGD village code is 430878. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mathili, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SMT MENAKASRI SISA, and the village votes in Chitrakonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangu Khilla. The population is estimated at 768 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tekaguda
- 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
- 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
- MALKANGIRI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Parkanmala
- Total area (ha)
- 449
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 256.9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tekaguda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tekaguda
- LGD code
- 430878
- Pincode
- 764051
- Post office
- Balimela
- Population (Census 2011)
- 651
- Population (projected 2026)
- 768
- Households
- 162
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1054
- Literacy rate
- 35.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.39331°N, 82.19867°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nabarangpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chitrakonda
- Member of Parliament
- Balabhadra Majhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mangu Khilla
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SMT MENAKASRI SISA
- Block / Mandal
- Orkel
Getting there
How to reach Tekaguda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar435 kmcapital
- Hyderabad408 km
- Chennai625 km
- Bengaluru779 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadua52 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Mathili18 km
- ATM / bankSTATE BANK OF INDIA18 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma57 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Sileru42 km
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- Sikhapalli
- Markelguda
- Rasabeda
- Neherupalli M.V.36
- M.V.-37
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- Siripeta
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- Oringi
- Madhusudanpur M.V.104
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- Naliguda
- Purunaguma
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- Pushpali M.V.103
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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, 2026-05-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)