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Gram panchayat · Khaira block · Balasore

Kapeya gram panchayat

Kapeya is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaira block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 3,700 people in 873 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Simulia assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
3,700
Literacy
79.0%
Area
9.8 km²
LGD code
116216

Villages of Kapeya

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rapeya3321,37871.0%41%11%
Nacchipur10049985.1%0%0%
Barahapur9937978.3%2%25%
Hanumantapur6528387.4%23%15%
Chuapada4017787.0%0%0%
Kalidaspur4216683.5%3%0%
Dhauli4216483.9%21%0%
Balarampur3013189.9%0%0%
Gagania2211483.3%0%0%
Chapulipada3411383.5%17%6%
Akhuapal2611193.8%8%0%
Barhampur2511187.4%4%16%
Chaudhuripokhari125849.0%100%0%
Jaleswar41650.0%44%56%

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 Kapeya

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,700
1,786 male · 1,914 female
Households
873
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.0%
below Khaira block's villages (81.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,072
above Khaira block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
528
14.3% of residents
Workers
1,375
37.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
770 (20.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
314 (8.5%)

What the 1,375 workers did

  • Cultivators529 (38.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers435 (31.6%)
  • Household industry0 (0.0%)
  • Other work47 (3.4%)
  • Marginal workers364 (26.5%)

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 Kapeya

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 10 km², 84% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 14
  • Middle school2 of 14
  • Secondary school0 of 14
  • Senior secondary school0 of 14
  • Degree college0 of 14

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 14
  • Health sub-centre0 of 14
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 14

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 14
  • Hand pump5 of 14
  • Electricity for homes4 of 14

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 14
  • Public bus0 of 14
  • Mobile phone coverage14 of 14

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 14
  • Commercial bank0 of 14
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 14
  • Weekly haat0 of 14
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Khaira block

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