Kalam, Bhawanipatna
Kalam is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Sadar Tehsil in Kalahandi district of Odisha, which falls under Bhawanipatna block. It belongs to Kalahandi parliament constituency and Bhawanipatna assembly constituency. Jayamani Naik is the President of Kalam Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address jayamaninaik307@gmail.com and mobile number 78946xxx25. The Secretary is Nila Kantha Raut, who can be reached at email address bdobhawanipatna@gmail.com and mobile number 82496xxx52. The Panchayat address is AT/PO-Kalam, Kalam, Pincode - 766002. You can reach there by taking a bus till Kalam bus stop which is around 5 km away.
As on January 2025, the current population of Kalam is 1.3 thousands out of which 676 are males and rest 670 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 991 females per 1000 males. There are around 159 teenagers in Kalam. It has literacy rate of 57% which means around 773 persons can read and write. Total 344 people belonging to scheduled caste and 403 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 365 households in Kalam, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 818. The village has pincode 766003 and has a post-office (Bhawanipatna Engineering College Sub Post office) nearby.
Schools
Kalam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Govt. Upper Primary School Kalam
- Kalinga Adarsha Uchcha Bidya Pitha (Kalam)
- Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Kalam
- Kalam Cps
Covered villages
Kalam Gram Panchayat manages total 8 villages.