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Gram panchayat · Belpara block · Balangir

Mandal gram panchayat

Mandal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Belpara block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,969 people in 1,301 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,969
Literacy
63.1%
Area
19 km²
LGD code
115835

Villages of Mandal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mandal7703,01565.8%20%14%
Sargigura20083251.8%7%0%
Radbahal25980564.9%20%37%
Jamkhari7231762.6%10%74%

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 Mandal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,969
2,465 male · 2,504 female
Households
1,301
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.1%
above Belpara block's villages (56.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,016
above Belpara block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
691
13.9% of residents
Workers
2,410
48.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
874 (17.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
938 (18.9%)

What the 2,410 workers did

  • Cultivators338 (14.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers752 (31.2%)
  • Household industry11 (0.5%)
  • Other work357 (14.8%)
  • Marginal workers952 (39.5%)

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 Mandal

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 19 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus1 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Cotton (4), Vegetables (4).

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 Belpara block

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