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"Where is my mom?" 7-month-old tiger cub rescued from house near Odisha's Similipal
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAMPA MAJHI
Contact: 96****1688
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- LGD code
- 425935
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population
- 468
- Households
- 110
- Literacy rate
- 23.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1157 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 269
Census 2011 · in context
How Shilagam compares
By population, Shilagam ranks #64 of 350 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
23.5%
−7.3% vs mandal average
- Shilagam
- 23.5%
- Kashipur mandal
- 30.8%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,157
+91 vs mandal average
- Shilagam
- 1,157
- Kashipur mandal
- 1,066
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Shilagam
- 4.3
- Kashipur mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shilagam at a glance
Shilagam is a village of 468 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 64th-largest of 350 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 24%, 7 points below the block average of 31% and the sex ratio is 1,157 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 765015, served by Kashipur (Rayagada) post office; the LGD village code is 425935. The sarpanch is CHAMPA MAJHI. The population is estimated at 552 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kashipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shilagam · this village | 468 | 24% | — |
| Kashipur · Kashipur | 5,823 | 52% | — |
| Kumbharshila · Kashipur | 946 | 40% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shilagam
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 84
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 84
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kashipur
- Total area (ha)
- 278
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 81.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shilagam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shilagam
- LGD code
- 425935
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 468
- Population (projected 2026)
- 552
- Households
- 110
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1157
- Literacy rate
- 23.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAMPA MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765015
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Shilagam
Other villages in Kashipur mandal
View all 60+ →- Kashipur
- Gulumijhola
- Maikancha
- Kucheipadar
- Mundagan
- Lakharisi
- Kampar
- Sunger
- Uparkodigam
- Derakana
- Renga
- Gaimundatunda
- Sinduraghati
- Tamaka
- Kumbharshila
- Anajor
- Badamaribhata
- Bhitaramuchakuni
- Bilamal
- Baiganaguda
- Tureighati
- Adajore
- Kodipari
- Shagabari
- Rashijhiri
- Krishankebidi
- Mandibisi
- Oshapada
- Chandragiri
- Talajhiri
- Chandagiri
- Limadar
- Jodamba
- Telingiri
- Panabandha
- Podapadara
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)