Potakhal
Kalimela block · Malkangiri
district, Odisha · PIN 764047
· village code 430997
Population 2011
1,170
Census of India
Population 2020
930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-20.5%
-240 people · -2.5% a year
Households
919
+225.9% vs 282 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,170
Male / female
564 / 606
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,074
Children aged 0–6
189
Literacy rate
51.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
381 / 390
Working population
465
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
282
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
78
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
231 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
231 / 103 / 35
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gompakunda panchayat, Kalimela zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹29.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹79,499
Spent
₹4.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.94 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹1.91 lakh · left ₹16.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.42 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹2.54 lakh · left ₹30.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.1261, 81.8075 —
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