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Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore

Odangi gram panchayat

Odangi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 4,741 people in 1,188 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
4,741
Literacy
77.5%
Area
14.9 km²
LGD code
116078

Villages of Odangi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Odangi4631,78272.7%40%14%
Silad18381780.2%100%0%
Amara15663888.9%0%0%
Kaudipur12544771.4%29%0%
Narsingpur9540078.7%59%0%
Junagadia9237572.0%84%0%
Malad4115493.4%0%0%
Ichhapur3312883.6%0%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 Odangi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,741
2,430 male · 2,311 female
Households
1,188
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.5%
about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
951
about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
568
12.0% of residents
Workers
1,677
35.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,205 (46.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
244 (5.1%)

What the 1,677 workers did

  • Cultivators307 (18.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers486 (29.0%)
  • Household industry51 (3.0%)
  • Other work452 (27.0%)
  • Marginal workers381 (22.7%)

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 Odangi

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 15 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school3 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 8
  • Public bus1 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).

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 Baleshwar block

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