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Gram panchayat · Khaprakhol block · Balangir

Changria gram panchayat

Changria is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaprakhol block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,322 people in 1,079 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,322
Literacy
59.0%
Area
19.9 km²
LGD code
275156

Villages of Changria

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kendumundi3501,40765.6%12%26%
Changria3111,31755.1%4%41%
Dundel23389155.4%12%33%
Rengaljuri10139068.3%11%31%
Luhakhan8431744.9%11%78%

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 Changria

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,322
2,130 male · 2,192 female
Households
1,079
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
59.0%
about the same as Khaprakhol block's villages (58.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,029
about the same as Khaprakhol block's villages (1,023)
Children aged 0–6
599
13.9% of residents
Workers
2,178
50.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
393 (9.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,572 (36.4%)

What the 2,178 workers did

  • Cultivators400 (18.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers504 (23.1%)
  • Household industry19 (0.9%)
  • Other work135 (6.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,120 (51.4%)

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 Changria

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 20 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 5
  • Public bus1 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Cotton (5), Arhar (4), Pulses (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 Khaprakhol block

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