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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kandagari Prakasha
Contact: 98****2331
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- LGD code
- 427118
- Pincode
- 765025
- Post office
- Padmapur
- Population
- 695
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 201
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 240 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 600 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital, Gunupur · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arunajholi compares
By population, Arunajholi ranks #20 of 108 villages in Padmapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.3%
+15.5% vs mandal average
- Arunajholi
- 65.3%
- Padmapur mandal
- 49.8%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
−33 vs mandal average
- Arunajholi
- 986
- Padmapur mandal
- 1,019
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Arunajholi
- 4.0
- Padmapur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arunajholi at a glance
Arunajholi is a village of 695 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Padmapur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 20th-largest of 108 villages in Padmapur block. Literacy is 65%, 16 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Rayagada district centre, 19 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765025, served by Padmapur post office; the LGD village code is 427118. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, Gunupur, 19 km away. The sarpanch is Kandagari Prakasha. The population is estimated at 819 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arunajholi
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0.5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Padmapur
- Total area (ha)
- 162
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arunajholi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arunajholi
- LGD code
- 427118
- Pincode
- 765025
- Post office
- Padmapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 695
- Population (projected 2026)
- 819
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.24307°N, 83.81885°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kandagari Prakasha
- Block / Mandal
- Padmapur
Getting there
How to reach Arunajholi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar240 kmcapital
- Hyderabad600 km
- Kolkata600 km
- Chennai783 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur19 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital, Gunupur19 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station26 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management44 km
- Police stationl. police station43 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Arunajholi
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Nilakantheswar TempleTemple<1 km ↗
Same pincode
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- Gudia Bandha
- Indupur
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- Arei
- Dakasikula
- Khamapadar
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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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)