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 from its district's main city Nuapada, and 330 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar. This town is situated in western side of Odisha and near the border of Chhattisgarh state.
Demographics , 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
Festivals Nuakhai Rathayatra Diwali Holi Makar Sakranti Dasara
References
External links Gram Panchayat under Komna Block Komna Block Information Block level GIS Atlas Nuapada District Information