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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sri Trinath Dami
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- LGD code
- 428979
- Pincode
- 764021
- Post office
- Omp Line
- Population
- 490
- Households
- 137
- Literacy rate
- 12.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1094 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 160
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 375 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 465 km
- Nearest railway station
- Suku · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- ECHS Poly Clinic · 9 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Kechala ची तुलना
By population, Kechala ranks #46 of 112 villages in Koraput mandal.
Literacy rate
%
12.7%
−26.6% vs mandal average
- Kechala
- 12.7%
- Koraput mandal
- 39.3%
- Koraput district
- 41.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,094
+14 vs mandal average
- Kechala
- 1,094
- Koraput mandal
- 1,080
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kechala
- 3.6
- Koraput mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kechala एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Kechala हे Odishaच्या Koraput जिल्ह्यातील Koraput ब्लॉकमधील 490 लोकसंख्येचे 137 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Koraput ब्लॉकमधील 112 गावांत 46वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 13% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 39% पेक्षा 27 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 1,094 स्त्रिया. हे Koraput जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 21 किमी, Suku रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 9 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 764021 आहे, Omp Line पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 428979 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय ECHS Poly Clinic, 9 किमी अंतरावर. सरपंच Sri Trinath Dami आहेत; गाव Koraput विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Raghuram Machha. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 578, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
ग्रामपंचायत: Lankaput →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kechala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KORAPUT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Lankaput
- Total area (ha)
- 1,115
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 55.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kechala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य माहिती — Kechala
- LGD code
- 428979
- Pincode
- 764021
- Post office
- Omp Line
- Population (Census 2011)
- 490
- Population (projected 2026)
- 578
- Households
- 137
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1094
- Literacy rate
- 12.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.74247°N, 82.64637°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghuram Machha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sri Trinath Dami
- Block / Mandal
- Koraput
जाण्याचा मार्ग
Kechala ला कसे जायचे
शहरांपासूनचे अंतर · सरळ रेषा
- Bhubaneswar375 kmcapital
- Hyderabad465 km
- Chennai679 km
- Kolkata731 km
प्रकारानुसार जवळचे · प्रदेशात कुठेही
- Railway stationSuku9 km
- Bus stopKoraput bus station10 km
- Hospital / PHCECHS Poly Clinic9 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank10 km
- Police stationKoraput police station10 km
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 764021
Kechala जवळची गावे
Koraput मंडळ मधील इतर गावे
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)