# Kerkenda Village, Boriguma, Koraput (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Boriguma, Koraput 

# Kerkenda

Kerkenda is a village in Boriguma sub-district of Koraput district, Odisha, PIN code **764063**. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 376 households**, the 17th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 44.7%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 376households
- 41.1%literacy
- 764063PIN code

## Kerkenda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kerkenda is 764063.** Kerkenda falls in Boriguma sub-district, Koraput district, Odisha.

- PIN code764063
- Gram panchayatDengapadar
- Community development blockBoriguma
- Census village code428220

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

## How far is Kerkenda from nearby towns?

- Boriguma (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Koraput (district HQ)66 km by road
- Sunabeda (nearest town)36 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 Kerkenda?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Kerkenda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nowarangpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nowarangpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambaguda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)13 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 Kerkenda known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and sugarcane**. About 62% of the 536 hectares of village land is sown, and 310 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 Kerkenda

Of every 100 households in Kerkenda in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kerkenda · ■ Boriguma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****31%**

**27%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Kerkenda?

■ Kerkenda · ■ Boriguma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.1%**

**44.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**1038

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**990

Working population ****59.9%**

**51.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.6% for men and 27.5% for women. 63% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (14%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 33 (4%) · **■** Marginal 534 (59%)

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 Boriguma

- Anchala1,782 people
- Nandarala1,717 people
- Chikima1,715 people
- Chatarala1,546 people
- Bandiguda1,479 people
- Badapindapadar1,435 people
- Sanaparia1,434 people
- Jamunda1,418 people

[All 79 villages in Boriguma](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/koraput/boriguma/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kerkenda?764063
- How far is Kerkenda from Koraput?66 km by road
- What is the population of Kerkenda?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerkenda in?Koraput district (Boriguma sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Kerkenda?41.1% (Census 2011)