# Merenda Village, Padmapur, Rayagada (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Padmapur, Rayagada 

# Merenda

Merenda is a village in Padmapur sub-district of Rayagada district, Odisha, PIN code **765026**. The 2011 Census counted **444 people in 100 households**, the 34th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 444people (2011)
- 100households
- 49.5%literacy
- 765026PIN code

## Merenda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Merenda is 765026.** Merenda falls in Padmapur sub-district, Rayagada district, Odisha.

- PIN code765026
- Gram panchayatKadama
- Community development blockGudari
- Census village code427051

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

## How far is Merenda from nearby towns?

- Padmapur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Rayagada (district HQ)90 km by road
- Gunupur (nearest town)46 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 Merenda?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Merenda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Limapadar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gunupur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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.

## Homes and amenities in Merenda

Of every 100 households in Merenda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Merenda · ■ Padmapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****0%**

**56%

Television ****0%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Merenda?

■ Merenda · ■ Padmapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.5%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**941

Working population ****50.2%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 35.9% for women. 50% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 206 (92%)

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 Padmapur

- Rela466 people
- Sarigiguda466 people
- Tabala Guda459 people
- Raelpadar448 people
- Sourabikramapur440 people
- Kindraguda419 people
- Guluguda403 people
- Phajilibandha388 people

[All 99 villages in Padmapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/rayagada/padmapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Merenda?765026
- How far is Merenda from Rayagada?90 km by road
- What is the population of Merenda?444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Merenda in?Rayagada district (Padmapur sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Merenda?49.5% (Census 2011)