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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sikapai is a village in Kalyanasingpur mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha, with a population of 156 across 35 households. The village has a literacy rate of 10.9% and is located at coordinates 19.401°N, 83.315°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAITN TIAKA
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- LGD code
- 425689
- Pincode
- 765017
- Post office
- J.K.Pur
- Population
- 156
- Households
- 35
- Literacy rate
- 10.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 95
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 281 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 557 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sikarpai · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sikapai compares
By population, Sikapai ranks #138 of 272 villages in Kalyanasingpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
10.9%
−18.8% vs mandal average
Sikapai10.9%
Kalyanasingpur mandal29.7%
Rayagada district42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−131 vs mandal average
Sikapai1,000
Kalyanasingpur mandal1,131
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
Sikapai4.5
Kalyanasingpur mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sikapai at a glance
Sikapai is a village of 156 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Kalyanasingpur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 138th-largest of 272 villages in Kalyanasingpur block. Literacy is 11%, 19 points below the block average of 30% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Rayagada district centre, 54 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 2 km from Sikarpai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765017, served by J.K.Pur post office; the LGD village code is 425689. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 20 km away. The sarpanch is CHAITN TIAKA. The population is estimated at 184 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sikapai
- 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
- 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)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 41
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sikarpai
- Total area (ha)
- 79
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.97
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sikapai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sikapai
- LGD code
- 425689
- Pincode
- 765017
- Post office
- J.K.Pur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 156
- Population (projected 2026)
- 184
- Households
- 35
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 10.9%
- Coordinates
- 19.40116°N, 83.31505°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bissam Cuttack
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAITN TIAKA
- Block / Mandal
- Kalyanasingpur
Getting there
How to reach Sikapai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar281 kmcapital
- Hyderabad557 km
- Kolkata632 km
- Chennai774 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSikarpai2 km
- Bus stopJaykaypur Bus Stop21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital20 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank27 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management32 km
- Police stationl. police station25 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Sikapai
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕SHRI HANUMAN TEMPLE SIKARPAITemple<1 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)