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Chandatora gram panchayat

ଚାନ୍ଦତୋରା ଗ୍ରାମ ପଞ୍ଚାୟତ

Chandatora is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bangomunda block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 2,974 people in 740 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantabanji assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
2,974
Literacy
49.7%
Area
8.3 km²
LGD code
115808

Villages of Chandatora

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chadotara4071,72346.1%12%7%
Kurlubhata18771257.5%31%6%
Chandagura14653951.4%24%4%

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 Chandatora

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,974
1,499 male · 1,475 female
Households
740
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
49.7%
below Bangomunda block's villages (54.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
984
about the same as Bangomunda block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
398
13.4% of residents
Workers
1,390
46.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
551 (18.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
180 (6.1%)

What the 1,390 workers did

  • Cultivators353 (25.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers215 (15.5%)
  • Household industry24 (1.7%)
  • Other work164 (11.8%)
  • Marginal workers634 (45.6%)

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 Chandatora

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 8 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes1 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Onion (1), Vegetables (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 Bangomunda block

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