Uparkanti, Semiliguda

Uparkanti is a village located in the Pottangi Tehsil of Koraput district of Odisha. The village falls in Semiliguda block and comes under Upparkanti Gram Panchayat.

As on July 2025, the current population of Uparkanti is 919 out of which 361 are males and rest 558 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1546 females per 1000 males. There are around 129 teenagers in Uparkanti. It has literacy rate of 28% which means around 256 persons can read and write. Total 38 people belonging to scheduled caste and 833 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 215 households in Uparkanti, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 514. The pincode of Uparkanti is 764039 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Pottangi Sub Post office
• Maliput Branch Post office
• Ondrangi Branch Post office
• Sorada Branch Post office
• Sunki Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Govt. Ssd Higher Secondary School, Thuria
• Govt. High School, Pottangi
• Champakenda Govt Girls High School
• Kotia Rs
• Chandaka(Baraja) As

Hospitals

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

• Kuruli Sub-Center
• Maliput Sub-Center
• Rallegada Sub-Center
• Gangarajpur Sub-Center
• Thuria Sub-Center

Banks

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

• ICICI Bank Kotia