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Gram panchayat · Khaira block · Balasore

Kupari gram panchayat

Kupari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaira block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 6,138 people in 1,374 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Simulia assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
6,138
Literacy
79.5%
Area
9.4 km²
LGD code
116218

Villages of Kupari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kupari8803,86675.4%13%20%
Kabar2721,36988.8%21%9%
Kumbhaka12248276.0%72%0%
Dhobagadia3316288.6%3%0%
Kurunia3813589.5%0%6%
Hatimundauninhabited167992.2%0%0%
Itamundei134594.7%9%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 Kupari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,138
3,048 male · 3,090 female
Households
1,374
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.5%
below Khaira block's villages (81.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,014
about the same as Khaira block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
709
11.6% of residents
Workers
2,006
32.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,148 (18.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
896 (14.6%)

What the 2,006 workers did

  • Cultivators641 (32.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers475 (23.7%)
  • Household industry85 (4.2%)
  • Other work608 (30.3%)
  • Marginal workers197 (9.8%)

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 Kupari

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 9 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 7
  • Middle school2 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college1 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).

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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