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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KOUSHALYA MAMBALAKA
Contact: 63****5285
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- LGD code
- 426894
- Pincode
- 765026
- Post office
- Gudari
- Population
- 180
- Households
- 38
- Literacy rate
- 36.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1143 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 103
- Distance to district centre
- 66 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 82 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 318 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 527 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narsipuram Halt · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Center,Pedabondapalli · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jamba compares
By population, Jamba ranks #88 of 188 villages in Gudari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.1%
−5.3% vs mandal average
- Jamba
- 36.1%
- Gudari mandal
- 41.4%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,143
+105 vs mandal average
- Jamba
- 1,143
- Gudari mandal
- 1,038
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Jamba
- 4.7
- Gudari mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamba at a glance
Jamba is a village of 180 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Gudari block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 88th-largest of 188 villages in Gudari block. Literacy is 36%, 5 points below the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 1,143 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Rayagada district centre, 31 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 16 km from Narsipuram Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765026, served by Gudari post office; the LGD village code is 426894. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Center,Pedabondapalli, 13 km away. The sarpanch is KOUSHALYA MAMBALAKA. The population is estimated at 212 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jamba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 100
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karlaghati
- Total area (ha)
- 585
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jamba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jamba
- LGD code
- 426894
- Pincode
- 765026
- Post office
- Gudari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 180
- Population (projected 2026)
- 212
- Households
- 38
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1143
- Literacy rate
- 36.1%
- Coordinates
- 18.77771°N, 83.25731°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KOUSHALYA MAMBALAKA
- Block / Mandal
- Gudari
Getting there
How to reach Jamba
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 31 km
≈ 1 h 4 min by car · 1 h 16 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar318 kmcapital
- Hyderabad527 km
- Kolkata678 km
- Chennai709 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarsipuram Halt16 km
- Bus stopYerra Samantha Valasa Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Center,Pedabondapalli13 km
- ATM / bankAndhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpHP17 km
- CollegeRaja college ground25 km
- Police stationPolice station, Komarada26 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)