Komna, Nuapada

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.

Komna
Town/Village
Komna Location in Odisha, India Komna Komna (India)
Coordinates: 20.50°N 82.75°E / 20.50; 82.75
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Nuapada
Government
• Type	Gram Panchayat Samiti
• MP	Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
• MLA	Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)
Population  (2001)
• Total	117,834
Languages
• Official	Odia, English
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

Demographics

As of 2001, 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

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

The chief communicative language of the town is Sambalpuri which is a dialect of Odia and is used as the official language for communication.

Education

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

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

ମା ସମଲେଶ୍ବରୀ ମନ୍ଦିର

ଶିବ ମନ୍ଦିର

ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ମନ୍ଦିର

ମା ଚଣ୍ଡୀ ସମଲେଶ୍ବରୀ ମନ୍ଦିର,

ହନୁମାନ ମନ୍ଦିର

ମା ଭଣ୍ଡାରଘରୁଆଣି,

ମା ବୈଷ୍ଣଦେବୀ

• 
  Jagannath Temple Komna

Festivals

• Nuakhai
• Rathayatra
• Diwali
• Holi
• Makar Sakranti
• Dasara

External links

• Gram Panchayat under Komna Block
• Komna Block Information
• Block level GIS Atlas
• Nuapada District Information