Joda
Joda is a town in Kendujhar district of Odisha and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Panchayat Samiti of Kendujhar district.
As on November 2024, the current population of Joda is 52 thousands out of which 26.7 thousands are males and rest 25.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 947 females per 1000 males. There are around 7.3 thousands teenagers in Joda. It has literacy rate of 61% which means around 31.7 thousands persons can read and write. Total 9 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 14.4 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 11.9 thousands households in Joda, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 18.1 thousands.
Schools
Joda has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- St. Marys English School
- St Teresas School, Joda
- Jindal Public School
- Tata Dav Public School
- Saraswati Sisu Mandir, Kundurunala
Joda Panchayat Samiti
Kabindra Naik is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Joda, who can be contacted at email address bdojoda123@gmail.com and mobile number 87636xxx79. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Jagannath Hanuman, who can be reached at email address ori-joda@nic.in and mobile number 79780xxx89. The Block address is Panchayat Samiti At/Po- Joda, Dist- Kendujhar, Baneikala, Joda, Pincode - 758001. You can reach there by taking a bus till Joda bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.There are ten computers, two laptops, six printers and two scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Joda Panchayat Samiti consists of total 19 Gram Panchayat.
- Anseikala
- Badakalimati
- Balada
- Balagaon
- Bhadrasahi
- Bhuyanraida
- Birikala
- Bolani
- Chamakapur
- Deojhar
- Guali
- Jajanga
- Jalahari
- Kandara
- Palasa
- Serenda
- Karakhendara
- Laidapada
- Jurudi
Other villages in Joda Tehsil
Joda Tehsil has total 3 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.