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Gram panchayat · Jaleswar block · Balasore

Kalika gram panchayat

Kalika is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jaleswar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,483 people in 1,319 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jaleswar assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
5,483
Literacy
69.1%
Area
15.5 km²
LGD code
116180

Villages of Kalika

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kalika9253,67870.6%9%51%
Bhodua3941,80566.0%6%60%

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 Kalika

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,483
2,707 male · 2,776 female
Households
1,319
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.1%
below Jaleswar block's villages (74.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,025
above Jaleswar block's villages (953)
Children aged 0–6
681
12.4% of residents
Workers
2,549
46.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
449 (8.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,937 (53.6%)

What the 2,549 workers did

  • Cultivators359 (14.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers858 (33.7%)
  • Household industry26 (1.0%)
  • Other work564 (22.1%)
  • Marginal workers742 (29.1%)

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 Kalika

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 15 km², 45% of it sown with crops and 31% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus1 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat2 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Jaleswar block

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