Gram panchayat · Oupada block · Balasore

Talakia gram panchayat

Talakia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Oupada block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 25 villages, home to 8,095 people in 1,853 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nilgiri assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 25
Population (2011): 8,095
Literacy: 83.4%
Area: 11.2 km²
LGD code: 116265

Villages of Talakia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Pratapapur	328	1,303	83.4%	35%	0%
Darakholi	210	957	85.2%	7%	0%
Dhimpura	145	621	81.7%	38%	7%
Talakia	158	604	82.6%	21%	1%
Chanpur	115	580	94.7%	0%	0%
Jagannathpur	121	532	86.3%	13%	9%
Khaira	94	407	73.2%	0%	0%
Matigada	85	407	85.1%	26%	11%
Patapur	85	400	80.5%	7%	0%
Kalarapala	54	272	77.4%	3%	0%
Podapatana	63	270	84.5%	58%	0%
Astapatana	61	259	84.3%	8%	0%
Biriha	57	249	88.3%	6%	0%
Kasigadia	49	235	76.0%	0%	0%
Kalajhatia	59	224	80.8%	0%	0%
Niladeipur	44	205	89.1%	0%	0%
Jodagadia	33	162	84.2%	0%	0%
Goseinpatana	31	141	73.6%	0%	0%
Jalapanka	26	107	86.1%	26%	0%
Chhotatentuli	17	83	79.5%	0%	0%
Gopinathpur	13	61	71.4%	0%	0%
Mangalapada	5	16	53.8%	100%	0%
Kanhurai	0	0	–	–	–
Mohapatri	0	0	–	–	–
Paidajami	0	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 Talakia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,095; 4,173 male · 3,922 female
Households: 1,853; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 83.4%; above Oupada block's villages (74.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 940; below Oupada block's villages (972)
Children aged 0–6: 938; 11.6% of residents
Workers: 4,472; 55.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,333 (16.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 147 (1.8%)

What the 4,472 workers did

Cultivators1,319 (29.5%)
Agricultural labourers331 (7.4%)
Household industry67 (1.5%)
Other work530 (11.9%)
Marginal workers2,225 (49.8%)

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 Talakia

How many of the 22 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 25 villages cover 11 km², 31% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 22
Middle school13 of 22
Secondary school7 of 22
Senior secondary school2 of 22
Degree college3 of 22

Health

Primary health centre0 of 22
Health sub-centre3 of 22
Anganwadi centre15 of 22

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 22
Hand pump20 of 22
Electricity for homes22 of 22

Roads & transport

All-weather road21 of 22
Public bus0 of 22
Mobile phone coverage22 of 22

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 22
Commercial bank0 of 22
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 22
Weekly haat2 of 22

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 13
Secondary schools: 9
Degree colleges: 3
Primary health centres: 1
Health sub-centres: 3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17).

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 Oupada block

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