# Kalapada Village, Kendrapara Sadar, Kendrapara (Odisha)

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Village · Kendrapara Sadar, Kendrapara 

# Kalapada

Kalapada is a village in Kendrapara Sadar sub-district of Kendrapara district, Odisha, PIN code **754212**. The 2011 Census counted **2,441 people in 589 households**, the 11th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 2,441people (2011)
- 589households
- 84.4%literacy
- 754212PIN code

## Kalapada PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalapada is 754212.** Kalapada falls in Kendrapara Sadar sub-district, Kendrapara district, Odisha.

- PIN code754212
- Gram panchayatKalapada
- Community development blockKendrapara
- Census village code396513

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

## How far is Kalapada from nearby towns?

- Kendrapara Sadar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Kendrapara (district HQ)3 km by road
- Kendrapara (nearest town)15 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 Kalapada?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Kalapada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kendrapara
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Marshaghai
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 15 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 Kalapada known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulses**. About 71% of the 187 hectares of village land is sown, and 132 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 Kalapada

Of every 100 households in Kalapada in 2011, 42 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kalapada · ■ Kendrapara Sadar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**75%

Tap water ****53%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****77%**

**65%

Television ****33%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Kalapada?

■ Kalapada · ■ Kendrapara Sadar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**906

Working population ****46.5%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 78.2% for women. 60% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 377 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (13%) · **■** Household industry 79 (7%) · **■** Other work 185 (16%) · **■** Marginal 345 (30%)

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 Kendrapara Sadar

- Garapur2,909 people
- Bhagabatpur2,772 people
- Chandol2,729 people
- Harianka2,505 people
- Kasoti2,419 people
- Indalo2,363 people
- Samagudia2,250 people
- Gulnagar2,072 people

[All 185 villages in Kendrapara Sadar](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kendrapara/kendrapara-sadar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalapada?754212
- How far is Kalapada from Kendrapara?3 km by road
- What is the population of Kalapada?2,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalapada in?Kendrapara district (Kendrapara Sadar sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Kalapada?84.4% (Census 2011)
