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Jhankarpali gram panchayat

Jhankarpali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balangir block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,272 people in 990 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bolangir assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,272
Literacy
60.8%
Area
18.1 km²
LGD code
115786

Villages of Jhankarpali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jhankarpali2341,15073.9%12%24%
Sialbahali25599556.1%25%32%
Dudukasira19787351.3%16%48%
Haripali13560460.2%18%14%
Gedabanji10238258.1%23%54%
Chareimara6726856.0%38%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 Jhankarpali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,272
2,073 male · 2,199 female
Households
990
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.8%
below Balangir block's villages (67.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,061
above Balangir block's villages (973)
Children aged 0–6
570
13.3% of residents
Workers
2,131
49.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
828 (19.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,298 (30.4%)

What the 2,131 workers did

  • Cultivators372 (17.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers252 (11.8%)
  • Household industry27 (1.3%)
  • Other work319 (15.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,161 (54.5%)

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 Jhankarpali

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 18 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school4 of 6
  • Secondary school0 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

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

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Pulses (5), Vegetable (4), Sweet Potato (1), Cotton (1), Mung (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 Balangir block

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