Machh Kund Tehsil - Koraput, Odisha

Machh Kund is an administrative tehsil in the Koraput district of Odisha, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Machh Kund is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Machhakunda, while the nearest airport is Jeypore Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 27.4 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 398 km², including 398.38 km² rural area and 0.00 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 1049 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Machh Kund Tehsil

Machh Kund Tehsil has a total of 188 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Adarikhal	Rural	Jalahanjar
2	Alangapada	Rural	Jalahanjar
3	Ambapada	Rural	Guneipada
4	Anakadelitown	Rural	Onkadelli
5	Ankadelli	Rural	Onkadelli
6	Anungu (Enugu)	Rural	Godihanjar
7	Apuduguda	Rural	Badigada
8	Arna	Rural	Tikarpada
9	Audipoda	Rural	Thusuba
10	Badakichaba	Rural	Godihanjar
11	Badamunda	Rural	Tikarpada
12	Badasagar	Rural	Thusuba
13	Badigada	Rural	Badigada
14	Bairagiput	Rural	Khemunduguda
15	Balel	Rural	Ballel
16	Balia	Rural	Kumaragandhana
17	Banamaliput	Rural	Banamaliput
18	Bandraguda	Rural	Peta
19	Bangurupoda	Rural	Godihanjar
20	Bankaiput	Rural	Umbel
21	Barangaguda	Rural	Lamtaput
22	Barangaput	Rural	Thusuba
23	Barlipada	Rural	Guneipada
24	Bendiput	Unmapped	Not applicable
25	Bentalbiri	Rural	Guneipada
26	Bhimariput	Rural	Banamaliput
27	Bhitarchonda	Rural	Peta
28	Bodapoda	Rural	Thusuba
29	Boiragiput	Unmapped	Not applicable
30	Bondhapoda	Rural	Godihanjar
31	Brahmaniput	Rural	Lamtaput
32	Burudel	Rural	Badigada
33	Chandalmunda	Rural	Tikarpada
34	Chandalput	Rural	Banamaliput
35	Chandua	Rural	Dabuguda
36	Changudipada	Rural	Thusuba
37	Chapadi	Rural	Jalahanjar
38	Charaguda	Rural	Dabuguda
39	Chatara	Rural	Dabuguda
40	Chenda (Chhenda)	Rural	Dabuguda
41	Chikeniput	Rural	Chikenput
42	Chiliba	Rural	Ballel
43	Chupa	Rural	Dabuguda
44	Chutiapada	Rural	Jalahanjar
45	Dabuguda	Rural	Dabuguda
46	Damput	Rural	Jalahanjar
47	Dandabad	Rural	Jalahanjar
48	Dandaguru	Rural	Tikarpada
49	Dangarpada	Unmapped	Not applicable
50	Dasagaudput	Rural	Banamaliput
51	Dasaput	Rural	Kumaragandhana
52	Debatahanjar	Rural	Tikarpada
53	Dengambo	Rural	Onkadelli
54	Deogondhana	Rural	Banamaliput
55	Deulapada	Rural	Lamtaput
56	Dhadi	Rural	Dabuguda
57	Dokhripoda	Rural	Badigada
58	Doliguda	Rural	Lamtaput
59	Doragoda	Rural	Lamtaput
60	Dudipadar	Rural	Lamtaput
61	Dumuriput	Rural	Umbel
62	Durla	Rural	Tikarpada
63	Gadiajholla	Rural	Banamaliput
64	Ganel	Rural	Chikenput
65	Gatanaput	Unmapped	Not applicable
66	Gatanput	Rural	Tikarpada
67	Gelaguda	Rural	Jalahanjar
68	Godihanjar	Rural	Godihanjar
69	Godiput	Rural	Thusuba
70	Gomalput	Rural	Thusuba
71	Gondhiguda	Rural	Jalahanjar
72	Gondhonahandalput	Rural	Kumaragandhana
73	Gopalput	Rural	Thusuba
74	Guneipoda	Rural	Guneipada
75	Guthalpada	Rural	Onkadelli
76	Hanjarhandalput	Rural	Tikarpada
77	Hanumal	Rural	Onkadelli
78	Hariamunda	Rural	Kumaragandhana
79	Hatapeta	Rural	Peta
80	Hatasuku	Rural	Kumaragandhana
81	Hingeiput	Rural	Umbel
82	Hingeiput	Rural	Kumaragandhana
83	Jadiaput	Rural	Thusuba
84	Jalahanjar	Rural	Jalahanjar
85	Jaraput	Rural	Banamaliput
86	Jayantagiri	Rural	Badigada
87	Kadam	Rural	Lamtaput
88	Kadamagura	Rural	Kumaragandhana
89	Kadrimaliput	Rural	Dabuguda
90	Kakalpada	Rural	Jalahanjar
91	Kalapada	Rural	Guneipada
92	Kamel	Rural	Thusuba
93	Kana	Rural	Lamtaput
94	Kanchana	Rural	Thusuba
95	Kangarapada	Rural	Lamtaput
96	Kanta	Rural	Banamaliput
97	Kantigada	Rural	Lamtaput
98	Kantipoda	Rural	Guneipada
99	Kapuguda	Rural	Peta
100	Katakar	Rural	Banamaliput
101	Kenduput	Rural	Ballel
102	Khamri	Rural	Dabuguda
103	Kharasapada	Rural	Chikenput
104	Khialput	Rural	Thusuba
105	Khilaput	Rural	Thusuba
106	Kiang	Rural	Jalahanjar
107	Kinchaiput	Rural	Dabuguda
108	Kodaput	Unmapped	Not applicable
109	Kodri	Rural	Dabuguda
110	Kodrimaliput	Unmapped	Not applicable
111	Komarguda	Rural	Lamtaput
112	Kumargandhana	Rural	Kumaragandhana
113	Kunjamba	Rural	Chikenput
114	Lamanda	Rural	Banamaliput
115	Lamataput	Rural	Lamtaput
116	Lenjisuku	Rural	Kumaragandhana
117	Limaput	Rural	Dabuguda
118	Litiput	Unmapped	Not applicable
119	Litiput	Rural	Guneipada
120	Lugumu	Rural	Ballel
121	Luhaba	Rural	Subai
122	Machkundjalabhandar	Rural	Chikenput
123	Machkundtown	Rural	Chikenput
124	Mahadeiput	Rural	Tikarpada
125	Mahulaput	Rural	Tikarpada
126	Majhaput	Rural	Jalahanjar
127	Malakhurubi	Rural	Kumaragandhana
128	Malenga	Rural	Lamtaput
129	Malipeta	Rural	Peta
130	Maliput	Rural	Banamaliput
131	Maliput	Rural	Dabuguda
132	Mandeiput	Rural	Thusuba
133	Mandiaguda	Rural	Tikarpada
134	Mantriput	Rural	Chikenput
135	Marada	Rural	Ballel
136	Mardingpada	Rural	Dabuguda
137	Mediput	Rural	Umbel
138	Mesingput	Rural	Thusuba
139	Mukhiput	Rural	Jalahanjar
140	Muliaput	Rural	Jalahanjar
141	Mundagad	Rural	Kumaragandhana
142	Mundaput	Rural	Chikenput
143	Murja	Rural	Peta
144	Nakulapadar	Rural	Peta
145	Orabiri	Rural	Ballel
146	Paladaput	Rural	Jalahanjar
147	Palam	Rural	Ballel
148	Paliba	Rural	Kumaragandhana
149	Pangiput	Rural	Guneipada
150	Panjel	Rural	Tikarpada
151	Parajakhudubi	Rural	Kumaragandhana
152	Parting	Rural	Jalahanjar
153	Patraput	Rural	Dabuguda
154	Peta	Rural	Peta
155	Petpada	Rural	Jalahanjar
156	Pipalaput	Rural	Jalahanjar
157	Podapadar	Rural	Jalahanjar
158	Poibeda	Rural	Guneipada
159	Potenda	Rural	Lamtaput
160	Pujhariput	Rural	Banamaliput
161	Ranitota	Rural	Peta
162	Ridal	Rural	Badigada
163	Sahuput	Rural	Thusuba
164	Sailpoda	Rural	Guneipada
165	Sana Kichaba	Rural	Godihanjar
166	Sanasagar	Rural	Thusuba
167	Sankai	Rural	Lamtaput
168	Sargiguda	Rural	Lamtaput
169	Semiliguda	Rural	Lamtaput
170	Siarimalgoudaput	Unmapped	Not applicable
171	Sikral	Rural	Chikenput
172	Silpada	Rural	Dabuguda
173	Sindhiput	Rural	Lamtaput
174	Sindhiput	Rural	Lamtaput
175	Sirgamput	Unmapped	Not applicable
176	Sukuriguda	Rural	Peta
177	Suramal	Rural	Chikenput
178	Surungeipada	Rural	Jalahanjar
179	Talaput	Rural	Peta
180	Tama	Rural	Ballel
181	Tentulipara	Rural	Umbel
182	Teraguda	Rural	Dabuguda
183	Tiakanta	Rural	Kumaragandhana
184	Tikarapara	Rural	Tikarpada
185	Tukum	Rural	Jalahanjar
186	Tusuba	Rural	Thusuba
187	Umbel	Rural	Umbel
188	Uppapoda	Rural	Guneipada

Population of Machh Kund Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Machh Kund Tehsil has a total population of 41,132 people, consisting of 20,065 males and 21,067 females. There are 10,815 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 103 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	41,132	41,132	0
Male Population	20,065	20,065	0
Female Population	21,067	21,067	0
Total Households	10,815	10,815	0
Population Density	103 / km²	103 / km²	0 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 15,959 literate people and 6,878 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 8,268 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 18,349 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural
Child Population (Age 0–6)	6,878	6,878
Literate Population	15,959	15,959
Illiterate Population	25,173	25,173
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	8,268	8,268
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	18,349	18,349

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Machh Kund (माछकुण्ड)
District	Koraput
State / UT	Odisha
Railway Station	Machhakunda
Total Area	398 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	1049
Total Population (2011)	41,132
Density	103/km²
Total Villages	188

Nearby Tehsils in Koraput
Bandhugaon	Boipariguda
Jeypore	Koraput
Kundura	Lakshmipur
Nandapur	Narayanpatana
Pottangi	Similiguda