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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Surjarao kumbirika
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- LGD code
- 426686
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population
- 135
- Households
- 43
- Literacy rate
- 21.5%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 90
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 256 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 583 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Medical Jangili · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kariniguda compares
By population, Kariniguda ranks #165 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.5%
−21.4% vs mandal average
- Kariniguda
- 21.5%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
−65 vs mandal average
- Kariniguda
- 985
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
3.1
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Kariniguda
- 3.1
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kariniguda at a glance
Kariniguda is a village of 135 people in 43 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 165th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 22%, 21 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Rayagada district centre, 24 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765029, served by Ramanaguda post office; the LGD village code is 426686. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Medical Jangili, 19 km away. The sarpanch is Surjarao kumbirika. The population is estimated at 159 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kariniguda
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Parikhati
- Total area (ha)
- 379
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 106.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 45.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kariniguda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kariniguda
- LGD code
- 426686
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 135
- Population (projected 2026)
- 159
- Households
- 43
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 21.5%
- Coordinates
- 19.23022°N, 83.65439°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Surjarao kumbirika
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Kariniguda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar256 kmcapital
- Hyderabad583 km
- Kolkata614 km
- Chennai773 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur24 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Medical Jangili19 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India25 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station28 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management27 km
- Police stationl. police station26 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)