Gram panchayat · Kishorenagar block · Angul

Nakehi gram panchayat

Nakehi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kishorenagar block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 5,533 people in 1,310 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Athmallik assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 15
Population (2011): 5,533
Literacy: 77.9%
Area: 41.5 km²
LGD code: 115706

Villages of Nakehi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Lakichi	238	987	83.2%	1%	16%
Badadangiani	184	786	95.9%	20%	12%
Kurumtap	161	658	99.0%	5%	28%
Ranibhuin	109	499	66.1%	16%	19%
Madhupur	118	475	64.3%	28%	29%
Kandhal	91	403	66.9%	12%	39%
Khalapal	77	331	65.2%	0%	38%
Takaba	81	326	74.1%	10%	31%
Mankadchua	68	314	71.4%	20%	56%
Mandaamba	65	261	58.7%	0%	19%
Kholadangiani	43	176	91.8%	0%	24%
Kamarei	34	147	54.8%	10%	29%
Purunapani(Gati)	25	102	69.0%	0%	94%
Odal	16	68	26.8%	0%	21%
Bantamalihauninhabited	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 Nakehi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,533; 2,819 male · 2,714 female
Households: 1,310; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 77.9%; about the same as Kishorenagar block's villages (78.1%)
Females per 1,000 males: 963; below Kishorenagar block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6: 692; 12.5% of residents
Workers: 2,513; 45.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 570 (10.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,475 (26.7%)

What the 2,513 workers did

Cultivators409 (16.3%)
Agricultural labourers167 (6.6%)
Household industry70 (2.8%)
Other work379 (15.1%)
Marginal workers1,488 (59.2%)

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 Nakehi

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 41 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 42% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 14
Middle school6 of 14
Secondary school4 of 14
Senior secondary school1 of 14
Degree college1 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre0 of 14
Anganwadi centre9 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump14 of 14
Electricity for homes12 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road13 of 14
Public bus4 of 14
Mobile phone coverage14 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop6 of 14
Weekly haat3 of 14

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (14), Paddy (3), Green Gram, Ground Nut (1), Biri (1). Handicrafts: Furnitures (1), Mason (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 Kishorenagar block

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