# Karatam Village, Kashinagara, Gajapati (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Kashinagara, Gajapati 

# Karatam

Karatam is a village in Kashinagara sub-district of Gajapati district, Odisha, PIN code **761206**. The 2011 Census counted **336 people in 80 households**, the 45th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 45.8%.

- 336people (2011)
- 80households
- 45.5%literacy
- 761206PIN code

## Karatam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karatam is 761206.** Karatam falls in Kashinagara sub-district, Gajapati district, Odisha.

- PIN code761206
- Gram panchayatKidigan
- Community development blockKashinagar
- Census village code414548

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

## How far is Karatam from nearby towns?

- Kashinagara (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Paralakhemundi (district HQ)23 km by road
- Kashinagara (nearest town)5 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 Karatam?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Karatam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kashinagar
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kashinagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Paralakhemundi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Paralakhemundi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 18 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 Karatam known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 260 hectares of village land is sown, and 164 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 Karatam

Of every 100 households in Karatam in 2011, 57 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karatam · ■ Kashinagara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****75%**

**51%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**49%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Karatam?

■ Karatam · ■ Kashinagara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.5%**

**45.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**1018

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****40.2%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.8% for men and 38.2% for women. 65% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (39%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 24 (18%)

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 Kashinagara

- Papayapeta383 people
- Madhusudanpur380 people
- Endri349 people
- KupiliGopinathpetta337 people
- Bhenkatapur331 people
- Rajpur325 people
- Palasingi320 people
- Karnibhadra318 people

[All 86 villages in Kashinagara](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/gajapati/kashinagara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karatam?761206
- How far is Karatam from Paralakhemundi?23 km by road
- What is the population of Karatam?336 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karatam in?Gajapati district (Kashinagara sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Karatam?45.5% (Census 2011)