Komna | |
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Town/Village | |
  Komna Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Komna Komna (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates: 20°30′N 82°45′E / 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 |
| 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.
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.
It is the biggest block of Nuapada district. There are 27 Gram Panchayats (GP's) under Komna Block:
The chief communicative language of the town is Sambalpuri which is a dialect of Odia and is used as the official language for communication.
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.
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 |
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