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Gram panchayat · Kaniha block · Angul

Kakudia gram panchayat

Kakudia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kaniha block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,045 people in 959 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pallahara assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,045
Literacy
77.5%
Area
17.4 km²
LGD code
115679

Villages of Kakudia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kakudia5022,15577.4%19%2%
Changudia17874372.0%14%0%
Balipata16366481.7%15%3%
Santarabandha11648381.0%4%14%
Debipatanpuruninhabited00–––
Jharadihiuninhabited00–––
Sanbirabarpuruninhabited00–––

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Kakudia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,045
2,110 male · 1,935 female
Households
959
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.5%
about the same as Kaniha block's villages (78.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
917
about the same as Kaniha block's villages (915)
Children aged 0–6
392
9.7% of residents
Workers
1,799
44.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
632 (15.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
116 (2.9%)

What the 1,799 workers did

  • Cultivators452 (25.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers386 (21.5%)
  • Household industry25 (1.4%)
  • Other work227 (12.6%)
  • Marginal workers709 (39.4%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Kakudia

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 17 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 26% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Black Gram (4).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Kaniha block

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