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Gram panchayat · Talacher block · Angul

Gobara gram panchayat

Gobara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Talacher block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 7,040 people in 1,575 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talcher assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
7,040
Literacy
84.1%
Area
3.5 km²
LGD code
115745

Villages of Gobara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gobara8323,80278.5%18%7%
Karadapalli(part)7433,23890.9%8%2%
F.C.I. Township (CT)–––––

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 Gobara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,040
3,740 male · 3,300 female
Households
1,575
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.1%
above Talacher block's villages (79.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
882
below Talacher block's villages (914)
Children aged 0–6
877
12.5% of residents
Workers
2,382
33.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
948 (13.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
343 (4.9%)

What the 2,382 workers did

  • Cultivators129 (5.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers11 (0.5%)
  • Household industry177 (7.4%)
  • Other work1,570 (65.9%)
  • Marginal workers495 (20.8%)

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 Gobara

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 3 km², 52% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Black Gram (2).

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 Talacher block

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