Podakham, Kesinga

Podakham is a village located in the Kesinga Tehsil of Kalahandi district of Odisha. The village falls in Kesinga block and comes under Sirol Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Kalahandi parliament constituency and Bhawanipatna assembly constituency.

As on April 2025, the current population of Podakham is 1.2 thousands out of which 608 are males and rest 592 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 974 females per 1000 males. There are around 159 teenagers in Podakham. It has literacy rate of 45% which means around 537 persons can read and write. Total 157 people belonging to scheduled caste and 329 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 343 households in Podakham, which means every family has 3 members on average. The village has working population of 531. The pincode of Podakham is 766012 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Kesinga Sub Post office
• Kesinga JM Pada Sub Post office
• Kesinga RS Sub Post office
• Kantisir Branch Post office
• Pipalpadar Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Young Blood Public School
• Saraswati Shishu Mandir
• Govt. H. S. Kesinga
• Kesinga Higher Secondary School Kesinga
• The Dronacharya School, Kendupada

Hospitals

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

• Kasrupada Sub-Center
• Belkhandi Sub-Center
• Balsi Sub-Center
• Amath Sub-Center
• Laitara Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Kesinga, Orissa
• HDFC Bank Kesinga
• Indian Bank Kesinga
• State Bank of India Kesinga
• UCO Bank Kesinga