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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bijayalaxmi Palai
Contact: 97****8960
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- LGD code
- 409996
- Pincode
- 752011
- Post office
- Brahmagiri
- Population
- 533
- Households
- 113
- Literacy rate
- 83.7%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 141
Census 2011 · in context
How Katakapada compares
By population, Katakapada ranks #96 of 179 villages in Brahmagiri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.7%
+9.1% vs mandal average
Katakapada83.7%
Brahmagiri mandal74.6%
Puri district76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−21 vs mandal average
Katakapada952
Brahmagiri mandal973
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Katakapada4.7
Brahmagiri mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katakapada at a glance
Katakapada is a village of 533 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Brahmagiri block, Puri district, Odisha, the 96th-largest of 179 villages in Brahmagiri block. Literacy is 84%, 9 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752011, served by Brahmagiri post office; the LGD village code is 409996. The sarpanch is Bijayalaxmi Palai, and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 628 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bentapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katakapada · this village | 533 | 84% | — |
| Bijipur · Brahmagiri | 3,161 | 80% | — |
| Gopinathapur · Brahmagiri | 1,069 | 83% | — |
| Kusupur · Brahmagiri | 857 | 71% | — |
| Bentapur · Brahmagiri | 634 | 83% | — |
| Bilapanchagochia · Brahmagiri | 492 | 70% | — |
| Kapileswarpur · Brahmagiri | 134 | 84% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katakapada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- PURI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bentapur
- Total area (ha)
- 45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katakapada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Katakapada
- LGD code
- 409996
- Pincode
- 752011
- Post office
- Brahmagiri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 533
- Population (projected 2026)
- 628
- Households
- 113
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 83.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Puri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sambit Patra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surama Padhy
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bijayalaxmi Palai
- Block / Mandal
- Brahmagiri
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 752011
- RebananuagaonBrahmagiri mandal4,110 pop
- TalamalaBrahmagiri mandal4,019 pop
- AlarpurBrahmagiri mandal3,177 pop
- BijipurBrahmagiri mandal3,161 pop
- BrahmagiriBrahmagiri mandal2,453 pop
- DharanikudiBrahmagiri mandal2,286 pop
- PalankaBrahmagiri mandal2,234 pop
- KandagodaBrahmagiri mandal2,186 pop
- SrikatanuapadaBrahmagiri mandal2,124 pop
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Other villages named Katakapada
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Katakapada
Other villages in Brahmagiri mandal
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- Badabenakudi
- Alarpur
- Bijipur
- Satapada
- Brahmagiri
- Gopinathpur
- Dharanikudi
- Palanka
- Kandagoda
- Srikatanuapada
- Ghatakudi
- Nijigadakokal
- Ramchandrapur
- Dimirisena
- Panasapada
- Rameswarapur
- Golara
- Bhandarikuda
- Badabandhakera
- Jenapur
- Gagadala
- Rahadamala
- Bhagabanpur
- Chapamanik
- Gadarodanga
- Nuagan
- Torana
- Siara
- Chhotapur
- Sipasurubili-1
- Palli
- Hatia
- Krishnasaranpur
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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)