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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KAMESWARE RAO TADINGI
Contact: 82****1761
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- LGD code
- 426577
- Pincode
- 765002
- Post office
- Rayagada S.F.
- Population
- 47
- Households
- 11
- Literacy rate
- 0%
- Sex ratio
- 1238 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 38
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 291 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 548 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ladda · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahuganda compares
By population, Mahuganda ranks #82 of 92 villages in Seskhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
0.0%
−32.2% vs mandal average
- Mahuganda
- 0.0%
- Seskhal mandal
- 32.2%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,238
+123 vs mandal average
- Mahuganda
- 1,238
- Seskhal mandal
- 1,115
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Mahuganda
- 4.3
- Seskhal mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahuganda at a glance
Mahuganda is a village of 47 people in 11 households (Census 2011) in Seskhal block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 82nd-largest of 92 villages in Seskhal block. Literacy is 0%, 32 points below the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 1,238 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Rayagada district centre, 53 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 7 km from Ladda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765002, served by Rayagada S.F. post office; the LGD village code is 426577. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home, 9 km away. The sarpanch is KAMESWARE RAO TADINGI. The population is estimated at 55 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahuganda
- 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)
- 11
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 46
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Badairukubadi
- Total area (ha)
- 187
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 47.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahuganda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahuganda
- LGD code
- 426577
- Pincode
- 765002
- Post office
- Rayagada S.F.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 47
- Population (projected 2026)
- 55
- Households
- 11
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1238
- Literacy rate
- 0.0%
- Coordinates
- 19.10028°N, 83.35021°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KAMESWARE RAO TADINGI
- Block / Mandal
- Seskhal
Getting there
How to reach Mahuganda
Nearest town · 14,315 people
Veeraghattam · ≈ 53 km
≈ 1 h 49 min by car · 2 h 10 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar291 kmcapital
- Hyderabad548 km
- Kolkata648 km
- Chennai746 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLadda7 km
- Bus stopLadda Bus Stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCKumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home9 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank11 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum37 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management8 km
- Police stationl. police station12 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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)