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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SITARAM MAJHI
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- LGD code
- 425857
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population
- 168
- Households
- 49
- Literacy rate
- 33.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1100 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 80
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 299 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 538 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lelligumma · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kangatuma compares
By population, Kangatuma ranks #180 of 350 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.9%
+3.1% vs mandal average
Kangatuma33.9%
Kashipur mandal30.8%
Rayagada district42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,100
+34 vs mandal average
Kangatuma1,100
Kashipur mandal1,066
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.7 vs mandal average
Kangatuma3.4
Kashipur mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kangatuma at a glance
Kangatuma is a village of 168 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 180th-largest of 350 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 34%, 3 points above the block average of 31% and the sex ratio is 1,100 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Rayagada district centre, 34 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 14 km from Lelligumma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765015, served by Kashipur (Rayagada) post office; the LGD village code is 425857. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SITARAM MAJHI. The population is estimated at 198 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kangatuma
- 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)
- 85
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Talajhiri
- Total area (ha)
- 32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.05
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kangatuma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kangatuma
- LGD code
- 425857
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 168
- Population (projected 2026)
- 198
- Households
- 49
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1100
- Literacy rate
- 33.9%
- Coordinates
- 19.40221°N, 83.12662°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SITARAM MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Kangatuma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar299 kmcapital
- Hyderabad538 km
- Kolkata648 km
- Chennai766 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLelligumma14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank39 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management42 km
- Police stationl. police station38 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)