Podakhol, Jayapatna

Podakhol is a village located in the Jayapatna Tehsil of Kalahandi district of Odisha. The village falls in Jayapatna block and comes under Ainabhata Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Kalahandi parliament constituency and Lanjigarh assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Podakhol is 1 thousands out of which 462 are males and rest 555 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1201 females per 1000 males. There are around 134 teenagers in Podakhol. It has literacy rate of 26% which means around 269 persons can read and write. Total 121 people belonging to scheduled caste and 772 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 280 households in Podakhol, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 483. The pincode of Podakhol is 766018 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Jaipatna Sub Post office
• Dhansuli Branch Post office
• Bimla Branch Post office
• Badpujhariguda Branch Post office
• Bhainripalli Branch Post office

Schools

Podakhol has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• S.V.Govt High School Bijmara
• Badkarlakote U.G.High School
• Ssvm Jaipatna
• Dhansuli Ssd Ashram School (Ughs)
• Ssd High School, Khaliabhata

Hospitals

Podakhol has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Talgud Sub-Center
• Baner Sub-Center
• Kanakpur Sub-Center
• Karanjiguda Sub-Center
• Chachiguda Sub-Center

Banks

Podakhol has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Indian Overseas Bank Mukhiguda
• State Bank of India Boden
• State Bank of India Bijmara
• State Bank of India Jaipatna Bazar
• Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Jaipatna