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. 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: Languages. The chief communicative language of the town is Sambalpuri. Odia is used as the second 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 Temples. ମା ସମଲେଶ୍ବରୀ ମନ୍ଦିର ଶିବ ମନ୍ଦିର ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ମନ୍ଦିର ମା ଚଣ୍ଡୀ ସମଲେଶ୍ବରୀ ମନ୍ଦିର, ହନୁମାନ ମନ୍ଦିର ମା ଭଣ୍ଡାରଘରୁଆଣି, ମା ବୈଷ୍ଣଦେବୀ