Gram panchayat · Kaniha block · Angul

Kaniha gram panchayat

Kaniha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kaniha block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 8,966 people in 2,346 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talcher assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 8,966
Literacy: 77.3%
Area: 28.7 km²
LGD code: 115681

Villages of Kaniha

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Tolokabeda	552	2,159	72.4%	25%	39%
Kansamunda	557	2,102	83.7%	35%	2%
Patharamunda	314	1,046	80.0%	2%	1%
Kaniha	196	808	86.1%	50%	2%
Masunihata	197	784	72.6%	21%	43%
Takua	163	639	75.2%	27%	0%
Bhuinpur	88	335	75.0%	17%	0%
Patakhaman	80	295	81.2%	1%	6%
Banasinga	59	201	79.7%	21%	0%
Gualiar(Guariarjungle)uninhabited	37	195	60.1%	0%	100%
Jayapur	42	154	75.5%	9%	5%
Balarampuruninhabited	26	129	29.5%	0%	100%
Sarathipal	35	119	80.4%	7%	0%
Alloriuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Gaurchandrapuruninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Haripradhanpuruninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Itamatiauninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Kuhnapaluninhabited	0	0	–	–	–

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 Kaniha

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,966; 4,680 male · 4,286 female
Households: 2,346; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 77.3%; about the same as Kaniha block's villages (78.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 916; about the same as Kaniha block's villages (915)
Children aged 0–6: 1,002; 11.2% of residents
Workers: 3,458; 38.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,165 (24.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,592 (17.8%)

What the 3,458 workers did

Cultivators205 (5.9%)
Agricultural labourers103 (3.0%)
Household industry198 (5.7%)
Other work1,182 (34.2%)
Marginal workers1,770 (51.2%)

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 Kaniha

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 29 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 34% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 13
Middle school4 of 13
Secondary school1 of 13
Senior secondary school1 of 13
Degree college1 of 13

Health

Primary health centre1 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump13 of 13
Electricity for homes13 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 13
Public bus2 of 13
Mobile phone coverage12 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop9 of 13
Weekly haat1 of 13

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 1
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Black Gram (13), Maize (1), Horse,Gram (1).

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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