Komna, Nuapada Explained

Komna
Settlement Type:Town/Village
Pushpin Map:India Odisha #India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates:20.5°N 82.75°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Odisha
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Nuapada
Government Type:Gram Panchayat Samiti
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:117834
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Odia, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:766106
Registration Plate:OD-26
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:49.5:50.5 /
Footnotes:Biggest Taluk or Block in Nuapada district
Leader Title:MP
Leader Name:Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
Leader Title1:MLA
Leader Name1:Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)

Komna is a town and block in Nuapada district of Odisha, India. Komna is the biggest block or taluk in Nuapada district. Komna is 39  km distance from its District Main City Nuapada, and 330 km distant from its State Main City, Bhubaneswar. This town is situated in western side of Odisha and near the border of Chhattisgarh state.

Demographics

, total population of Komna block was 117,834, where it constitutes 49.5% of male and 50.5% female. Due to the lack of infrastructure of the town because it is situated in Nuapada district which is considered as one of the backward districts of Odisha, certain communities or backward caste are most of the total population as total SC population of the town was 15,980 and Total ST population was 52086.

Block Administration

It is the biggest block of Nuapada district. There are 27 Gram Panchayats (GP's) under Komna Block:

Languages

The chief communicative language of the town is Sambalpuri which is a dialect of Odia and is used as the official language for communication.

Education

Due to lack of awareness about education among the people and protectiveness of the tribal peoples about females in the district as it affects the female literacy. Female literacy is very low as compared to male literacy of the block.

Absolute literates and literacy rate

According to the census of 2011, the block was

Description 2001 Census
Total 37,833
Male 26,577
Female11,276
% Male 70
% Female 30

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