Komna, Nuapada

Komna
Komna
Town
	Komna Location in Odisha, India Komna Komna (India)
	Coordinates: 20°30′N 82°45′E / 20.50°N 82.75°ECoordinates: 20°30′N 82°45′E / 20.50°N 82.75°E
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Nuapada
Population (2001)
• Total	117,834
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	766106
Vehicle registration	OD-26
Sex ratio	49.5:50.5 ♂/♀
Website	odisha.gov.in
	Biggest Taluk or Block iN Nuapada district

Komna is a town and block in Nuapada district of Odisha, India. Komna is the biggest block or taluk in Nuapada district. Komna is 39 km distance from its District Main City Nuapada, and 330 km distant from its State Main City, Bhubaneswar. This town is situated in western side of Odisha and near the border of Chhattisgarh state.

Demographics[edit]

As of 2001^[update], total population of Komna block was 117,834, where it constitutes 49.5% of male and 50.5% female. Due to the lack of infrastructure of the town because it is situated in Nuapada district which is considered as one of the backward districts of Odisha, certain communities or backward caste are most of the total population as total SC population of the town was 15,980 and Total ST population was 52086.

Block Administration[edit]

It is the biggest block of Nuapada district. There are 27 Gram Panchayats (GP's) under Komna Block:

Agreen Panchayat
Bhella Panchayat
Budhikomna Panchayat
Darlipada Panchayat
Gandamer Panchayat
Jadamunda Panchayat
Jatgarh Panchayat
Jhagrahi Panchayat

Kandetara Panchayat
Komna Panchayat
Konabira Panchayat
Kureswar Panchayat
Kurumpuri Panchayat
Lakhna Panchayat
Michhapali Panchayat
Mundapala Panchayat
Nuagaon Panchayat
Pendrawan Panchayat
Rajana Panchayat
Samarsing Panchayat
Sialati Panchayat
Silva Panchayat
Soseng Panchayat
Sunabeda Panchayat
Tarbod Panchayat
Thickpali Panchayat
Tikrapada Panchayat

Languages[edit]

The chief communicative language of the town is Sambalpuri. Odia is used as the second language for communication.

Education[edit]

Due to lack of awareness about education among the people and protectiveness of the tribal peoples about females in the district as it affects the female literacy. Female literacy is very low as compared to male literacy of the block.

Absolute literates and literacy rate[edit]

According to the census of 2011, the block was

Description	2001 Census
Total	37,833
Male	26,577
Female	11,276
% Male	70
% Female	30

SCHOOLS

Prathamika Balaka Vidyalaya, Komna
Girls Proj U.P.School, Komna
Jita Mitra High School, Komna
Kasturaba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Komna
Krishna Public School, Komna
Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Komna
Sri Aurobindo Purnanga Shiksha Kendra, Komna

COLLEGES

Panchayat Samiti Degree College, Komna
Panchayat samiti Junior college Komna
Panchayat Junior College, Budhikomna (Komna)

Temples[edit]

ମା ସମଲେଶ୍ବରୀ ମନ୍ଦିର

ଶିବ ମନ୍ଦିର

ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ମନ୍ଦିର

ମା ଚଣ୍ଡୀ ସମଲେଶ୍ବରୀ ମନ୍ଦିର,

ହନୁମାନ ମନ୍ଦିର

ମା ଭଣ୍ଡାରଘରୁଆଣି,

ମା ବୈଷ୍ଣଦେବୀ

Jagannath Temple Komna

Festivals[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Template:Nuapada district

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