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Gram panchayat · Palalahada block · Angul

Rajadanga gram panchayat

Rajadanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Palalahada block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 3,295 people in 828 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
3,295
Literacy
74.2%
Area
24.7 km²
LGD code
115733

Villages of Rajadanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rajadanga4611,73579.1%19%6%
Badabalipasi9640586.6%13%15%
Paunsia10536466.9%6%51%
Badagunda6533165.7%0%98%
Dwitikrishnapur6128939.3%4%88%
Ganjeimuni3013074.1%0%89%
Tolakapatia62377.3%22%52%
Bakata41876.5%0%0%
Sameswarpur00–––

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 Rajadanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,295
1,693 male · 1,602 female
Households
828
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
74.2%
above Palalahada block's villages (67.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
946
below Palalahada block's villages (968)
Children aged 0–6
403
12.2% of residents
Workers
1,416
43.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
431 (13.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,055 (32.0%)

What the 1,416 workers did

  • Cultivators333 (23.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers128 (9.0%)
  • Household industry8 (0.6%)
  • Other work130 (9.2%)
  • Marginal workers817 (57.7%)

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 Rajadanga

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 25 km², 7% of it sown with crops and 58% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 8
  • Middle school2 of 8
  • Secondary school2 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college1 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump6 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 8
  • Public bus2 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Black Gram (8), Mung (2), Cornflower (1), Harad (1), Biri (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 Palalahada block

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