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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SRI RAMLAL PANDA
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- LGD code
- 422136
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population
- 1,129
- Households
- 243
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1295 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 426
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 334 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 534 km
- Nearest railway station
- Junagarh Road · 45 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment Hospital Karangamal. · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karangamal compares
By population, Karangamal ranks #28 of 86 villages in Boden mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+19.0% vs mandal average
- Karangamal
- 64.1%
- Boden mandal
- 45.1%
- Nuapada district
- 49.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,295
+257 vs mandal average
- Karangamal
- 1,295
- Boden mandal
- 1,038
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Karangamal
- 4.6
- Boden mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karangamal at a glance
Karangamal is a village of 1,129 people in 243 households (Census 2011) in Boden block, Nuapada district, Odisha, the 28th-largest of 86 villages in Boden block. Literacy is 64%, 19 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,295 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Nuapada district centre, 45 km from Junagarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 766118, served by Duajhar post office; the LGD village code is 422136. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment Hospital Karangamal., <1 km away. The sarpanch is SRI RAMLAL PANDA, and the village votes in Khariar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi. The population is estimated at 1,331 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karangamal
- 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)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KHARIAR ROAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karangamal
- Total area (ha)
- 381
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karangamal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karangamal
- LGD code
- 422136
- Pincode
- 766118
- Post office
- Duajhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,129
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,331
- Households
- 243
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1295
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 20.15470°N, 82.63080°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khariar
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SRI RAMLAL PANDA
- Block / Mandal
- Boden
Getting there
How to reach Karangamal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar334 kmcapital
- Hyderabad534 km
- Kolkata652 km
- Chennai826 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJunagarh Road45 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment Hospital Karangamal.<1 km
- CollegeK.V. Degree College, Kantabanji45 km
- Police stationJharigaon police Station56 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
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