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Gram panchayat · Nilgiri block · Balasore

K.p.lakharaj gram panchayat

K.p.lakharaj is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nilgiri block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 7,803 people in 1,783 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nilgiri assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
7,803
Literacy
67.5%
Area
8.7 km²
LGD code
116242

Villages of K.p.lakharaj

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chatirikhunta3791,68061.6%2%78%
Chandipur3311,54267.9%8%55%
Kuanrapurmahala3211,49962.4%2%48%
Kathagochhi3171,36366.6%19%78%
Mardarajpur17864772.5%68%8%
Gobardhanpur12751177.9%9%17%
Kuanrapurlakhraj10044880.0%1%31%
Karanjia3011389.8%0%19%

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 K.p.lakharaj

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,803
3,912 male · 3,891 female
Households
1,783
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.5%
above Nilgiri block's villages (65.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
995
about the same as Nilgiri block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6
1,321
16.9% of residents
Workers
3,318
42.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
939 (12.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,226 (54.2%)

What the 3,318 workers did

  • Cultivators191 (5.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers656 (19.8%)
  • Household industry49 (1.5%)
  • Other work1,932 (58.2%)
  • Marginal workers490 (14.8%)

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 K.p.lakharaj

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 9 km², .

Education

  • Primary school7 of 8
  • Middle school4 of 8
  • Secondary school3 of 8
  • Senior secondary school1 of 8
  • Degree college1 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump6 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Nilgiri block

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