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Gram panchayat · Basta block · Balasore

Natakata gram panchayat

Natakata is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basta block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 8,444 people in 2,086 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jaleswar assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
15
Population (2011)
8,444
Literacy
84.1%
Area
10.2 km²
LGD code
116130

Villages of Natakata

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Basantapur3941,57589.5%6%6%
Chasipara3631,49585.1%20%0%
Hadmaud24397281.1%21%3%
Badacharigan21789675.7%8%15%
Natakata21888186.1%22%3%
Naranpur16665888.9%17%22%
Bhandipur13258674.9%15%26%
Khandapasa13350986.6%5%0%
Badacharansarpur8635877.4%28%0%
Katicharigan7229298.1%6%0%
Panchabatia6222274.3%16%0%
Bilcharansarpur00–––
Chhindaghai00–––
Malarbatia(Malarbati)00–––
Tentulipokhari00–––

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 Natakata

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,444
4,316 male · 4,128 female
Households
2,086
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.1%
above Basta block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
956
about the same as Basta block's villages (951)
Children aged 0–6
987
11.7% of residents
Workers
2,861
33.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,259 (14.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
578 (6.8%)

What the 2,861 workers did

  • Cultivators600 (21.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers960 (33.6%)
  • Household industry245 (8.6%)
  • Other work814 (28.5%)
  • Marginal workers242 (8.5%)

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 Natakata

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 10 km², 1% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 11
  • Middle school5 of 11
  • Secondary school2 of 11
  • Senior secondary school1 of 11
  • Degree college1 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre0 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump11 of 11
  • Electricity for homes10 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 11
  • Public bus0 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 11
  • Weekly haat1 of 11
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (11), Gram (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 Basta block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Natakata? Share it with us.