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Gram panchayat · Basta block · Balasore

Mathani gram panchayat

Mathani is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basta block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 6,490 people in 1,515 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basta assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
17
Population (2011)
6,490
Literacy
87.6%
Area
8.5 km²
LGD code
116126

Villages of Mathani

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Badkhudi2601,20484.4%28%1%
Sankhudi2661,17582.7%29%3%
PanduRungi27296485.4%39%1%
Mathani19092489.3%31%28%
DhanaHanda12251696.0%5%0%
Lakhanpada(Laxmanpada)9641793.4%0%0%
Gambharia8434387.6%71%0%
Bada6932294.7%45%7%
Tigiria7429189.6%50%0%
Podapada4016792.0%5%0%
Shibagatia178593.5%0%0%
Jhanjipita258278.3%94%0%
Basuchakuri(Nimachak)00–––
Chakbarhapal00–––
Chamardiha00–––
Chaughari00–––
Gobardhanpur-100–––

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 Mathani

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,490
3,427 male · 3,063 female
Households
1,515
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.6%
above Basta block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
894
below Basta block's villages (951)
Children aged 0–6
768
11.8% of residents
Workers
1,988
30.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,990 (30.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
329 (5.1%)

What the 1,988 workers did

  • Cultivators512 (25.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers504 (25.4%)
  • Household industry54 (2.7%)
  • Other work429 (21.6%)
  • Marginal workers489 (24.6%)

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 Mathani

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 8 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 12% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 12
  • Middle school6 of 12
  • Secondary school3 of 12
  • Senior secondary school0 of 12
  • Degree college0 of 12

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 12
  • Health sub-centre1 of 12
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 12

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 12
  • Hand pump12 of 12
  • Electricity for homes12 of 12

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 12
  • Public bus1 of 12
  • Mobile phone coverage12 of 12

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 12
  • Commercial bank0 of 12
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 12
  • Weekly haat1 of 12
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Basta block

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