Gram panchayat · Khaira block · Balasore

Gagandhuli gram panchayat

Gagandhuli is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaira block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 5,843 people in 1,312 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Simulia assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 15
Population (2011): 5,843
Literacy: 78.7%
Area: 9.5 km²
LGD code: 116209

Villages of Gagandhuli

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Machhada	262	1,109	70.6%	33%	0%
Rafayatpur	151	678	88.9%	30%	0%
Tentuliapada	135	654	75.9%	34%	0%
Praharajapur	122	562	84.5%	29%	0%
Panisiali	99	484	79.9%	42%	0%
Gandua	110	464	75.0%	6%	5%
Raipur	85	374	81.5%	0%	34%
Turigaria	79	305	93.7%	16%	0%
Malikapur	68	296	66.0%	36%	2%
Raigadia	57	275	83.1%	25%	0%
Janhiapada	41	195	78.1%	18%	0%
Krushnapur	30	146	64.0%	99%	0%
Gagandhuli	27	117	86.3%	0%	0%
Manoharpur	28	117	76.2%	21%	0%
Pitagadia	18	67	78.3%	48%	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 Gagandhuli

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,843; 2,942 male · 2,901 female
Households: 1,312; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 78.7%; below Khaira block's villages (81.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 986; below Khaira block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6: 773; 13.2% of residents
Workers: 1,924; 32.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,642 (28.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 157 (2.7%)

What the 1,924 workers did

Cultivators784 (40.7%)
Agricultural labourers344 (17.9%)
Household industry49 (2.5%)
Other work392 (20.4%)
Marginal workers355 (18.5%)

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 Gagandhuli

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 9 km², 84% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school8 of 15
Middle school8 of 15
Secondary school4 of 15
Senior secondary school1 of 15
Degree college0 of 15

Health

Primary health centre0 of 15
Health sub-centre0 of 15
Anganwadi centre14 of 15

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 15
Hand pump8 of 15
Electricity for homes12 of 15

Roads & transport

All-weather road13 of 15
Public bus0 of 15
Mobile phone coverage15 of 15

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 15
Commercial bank0 of 15
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 15
Weekly haat1 of 15

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15).

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.

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