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Gram panchayat · Puintala block · Balangir

Chhatamakhna gram panchayat

Chhatamakhna is a gram panchayat (village council) in Puintala block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,258 people in 1,217 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Loisingha assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
5,258
Literacy
70.7%
Area
17.3 km²
LGD code
115967

Villages of Chhatamakhna

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamsara2351,09169.6%31%0%
Laderbahal2361,01071.2%10%3%
Sankarbhoji16370164.4%38%4%
Chhatamakhana15669273.8%23%11%
Padiabahal11853279.9%26%0%
Khamarmunda12549085.0%14%17%
Kandhapali11746859.4%44%0%
Belbahali6727457.6%2%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 Chhatamakhna

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,258
2,711 male · 2,547 female
Households
1,217
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
70.7%
about the same as Puintala block's villages (70.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
940
below Puintala block's villages (967)
Children aged 0–6
651
12.4% of residents
Workers
1,883
35.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,270 (24.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
219 (4.2%)

What the 1,883 workers did

  • Cultivators439 (23.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers200 (10.6%)
  • Household industry64 (3.4%)
  • Other work608 (32.3%)
  • Marginal workers572 (30.4%)

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 Chhatamakhna

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 8 villages cover 17 km², 49% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school1 of 8
  • Degree college1 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes6 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Pulses (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 Puintala block

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