# Podamarai Village, Mahanga, Cuttack (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Mahanga, Cuttack 

# Podamarai

Podamarai is a village in Mahanga sub-district of Cuttack district, Odisha, PIN code **754206**. The 2011 Census counted **976 people in 257 households**, the 70th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 976people (2011)
- 257households
- 88.4%literacy
- 754206PIN code

## Podamarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Podamarai is 754206.** Podamarai falls in Mahanga sub-district, Cuttack district, Odisha.

- PIN code754206
- Gram panchayatPodamarai
- Community development blockMahanga
- Census village code399510

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Podamarai from nearby towns?

- Mahanga (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Cuttack (district HQ)62 km by road
- Cuttack (nearest town)62 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Podamarai?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Podamarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Erakana
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Erakana
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Salipur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Podamarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulses**. Products made here include cotton handloom. About 80% of the 119 hectares of village land is sown, and 83 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Podamarai

Of every 100 households in Podamarai in 2011, 58 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Podamarai · ■ Mahanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****98%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**48%

Television ****28%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Podamarai?

■ Podamarai · ■ Mahanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1212**

**903

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 78.7% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (9%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 34 (11%) · **■** Marginal 160 (52%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mahanga

- Sahaspur1,014 people
- Dharmadaspur1,006 people
- Bheda995 people
- Malikpur987 people
- Bajapura957 people
- Dharapur944 people
- Bhanraj935 people
- Pasulunda934 people

[All 195 villages in Mahanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/cuttack/mahanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Podamarai?754206
- How far is Podamarai from Cuttack?62 km by road
- What is the population of Podamarai?976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Podamarai in?Cuttack district (Mahanga sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Podamarai?88.4% (Census 2011)