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Revenue village·Kalyanasingpur block·Rayagada

Alanda

Kalyanasingpur mandal
Pincode 765017
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Festival

Ganesh Chaturthi

Alanda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.

14 SeptObserved in 29 states

Temples near Alanda

  • SHRI HANUMAN TEMPLE SIKARPAI · 4.9 km

Named places of worship on record

Temple in Kalyanasingpur mandal

The principal temple recorded for Kalyanasingpur mandal is SHRI HANUMAN TEMPLE SIKARPAI. No temple of this dedication is on record within Alanda itself.

When the idol is immersed

The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.

Kept forImmersion
One and a half daysTue, 15 Septembertoday
Three daysThu, 17 September
Five daysSat, 19 September
Seven daysMon, 21 September
Anant ChaturdashiWed, 23 SeptemberThe day most community mandapams immerse
Use the designated immersion point

Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.

Unpainted clay dissolves, plaster of Paris does not

A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.

Someone should be watching the water, not the idol

Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.

Take the accessories home

Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Alanda is a village in Kalyanasingpur mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha, with a population of 476 distributed among 112 households. The village has a literacy rate of 32.1%.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SRIRAM KADRAKA
Contact: 73****2394
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LGD code
425629
Pincode
765017
Post office
J.K.Pur
Population
476
Households
112
Literacy rate
32.1%
Sex ratio
1106 ♀/1000♂
Workers
249
Distance to district centre
20 km
Distance to mandal centre
1 km
Distance to Bhubaneswar
280 km
Distance to Hyderabad
557 km
Nearest railway station
Sikarpai · 7 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Alanda compares

By population, Alanda ranks #30 of 272 villages in Kalyanasingpur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
32.1%
+2.4% vs mandal average
Alanda
32.1%
Kalyanasingpur mandal
29.7%
Rayagada district
42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,106
−25 vs mandal average
Alanda
1,106
Kalyanasingpur mandal
1,131
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
Alanda
4.3
Kalyanasingpur mandal
4.3

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Alanda at a glance

Alanda is a village of 476 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Kalyanasingpur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 30th-largest of 272 villages in Kalyanasingpur block. Literacy is 32%, 2 points above the block average of 30% and the sex ratio is 1,106 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Rayagada district centre, 52 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 7 km from Sikarpai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765017, served by J.K.Pur post office; the LGD village code is 425629. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 19 km away. The sarpanch is SRIRAM KADRAKA. The population is estimated at 561 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Budaguda

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Alanda · this village47632%
Alanda · Krushna Prasad88661%0 km N
Alanda · Ramachandi43471%0 km N
Baladia · Kalyanasingpur28625%0 km N
Talaguda · Kalyanasingpur343%0 km N
Alanda · Nimapada1,83278%0 km N
Pinda · Kalyanasingpur31911%0 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Alanda

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
No
Power hours (summer)
13
Power hours (winter)
14
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
Yes
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
Yes
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
RAYAGADA
Distance to nearest town (km)
39
Distance to district HQ (km)
50
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
12
All-weather road
Yes
Gram panchayat (2011)
Budaguda
Total area (ha)
432
Irrigated area (ha)
0
Forest area (ha)
33.64

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Alanda

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Alanda

LGD code
425629
Pincode
765017
Post office
J.K.Pur
Population (Census 2011)
476
Population (projected 2026)
561
Households
112
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1106
Literacy rate
32.1%
Coordinates
19.43895°N, 83.30181°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Koraput
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bissam Cuttack
Member of Parliament
Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
SRIRAM KADRAKA
Block / Mandal
Kalyanasingpur
Getting there

How to reach Alanda

Mandal centre
Kalyanasingpur · ≈ 1.3 km
≈ 3 min by car · 3 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Rayagada · ≈ 20 km
≈ 40 min by car · 48 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,707 people
Jayapatna · ≈ 52 km
≈ 1 h 47 min by car · 2 h 7 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Bhubaneswar280 kmcapital
  • Hyderabad557 km
  • Kolkata630 km
  • Chennai777 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationSikarpai7 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital19 km
  • ATM / bankCorporation Bank31 km
  • CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management36 km
  • Police stationl. police station29 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Alanda

1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

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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)
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