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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMBHABATI KADRAKA
Contact: 70****8241
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- LGD code
- 426724
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population
- 424
- Households
- 98
- Literacy rate
- 10.6%
- Sex ratio
- 860 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 316
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 255 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 585 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- government hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kurusuli compares
By population, Kurusuli ranks #88 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
10.6%
−32.3% vs mandal average
- Kurusuli
- 10.6%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
860
−190 vs mandal average
- Kurusuli
- 860
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kurusuli
- 4.3
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurusuli at a glance
Kurusuli is a village of 424 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 88th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 11%, 32 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 860 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Rayagada district centre, 54 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 16 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765029, served by Ramanaguda post office; the LGD village code is 426724. The nearest hospital or health centre is government hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is RAMBHABATI KADRAKA. The population is estimated at 500 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurusuli · this village | 424 | 11% | — |
| Goseigolomunda · Gunupur | 496 | 32% | 1.7 km N |
| Sikhajhola · Gunupur | 130 | 5% | 2.7 km SW |
| Sikala · Gunupur | 199 | 38% | 2.8 km SW |
| Tambakana · Gunupur | 219 | 32% | 2.8 km W |
| Badapada · Rayagada | — | — | 2.9 km NE |
| Dakorada · Gunupur | 411 | 15% | 3 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kurusuli
- 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
- 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)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Penkam
- Total area (ha)
- 928
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 291.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 91.88
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kurusuli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kurusuli
- LGD code
- 426724
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 424
- Population (projected 2026)
- 500
- Households
- 98
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 860
- Literacy rate
- 10.6%
- Coordinates
- 19.17268°N, 83.69739°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMBHABATI KADRAKA
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Kurusuli
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 54 km
≈ 1 h 52 min by car · 2 h 13 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar255 kmcapital
- Hyderabad585 km
- Kolkata615 km
- Chennai770 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur16 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCgovernment hospital16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station21 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management30 km
- Police stationl. police station30 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kurusuli
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Govt High schoolHigh school3.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765029
Villages near Kurusuli
Other villages in Gunupur mandal
View all 60+ →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)