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Gram panchayat · Soro block · Balasore

Antapur gram panchayat

Antapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Soro block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 9,858 people in 2,479 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Soro assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
9,858
Literacy
79.0%
Area
10.8 km²
LGD code
116311

Villages of Antapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Anantapur1,2084,78779.6%59%0%
Ainri5091,98378.1%14%0%
Mulakaeda3281,28975.9%36%0%
Belapur2571,08277.6%0%0%
Kanhupur11746782.8%13%0%
Parsurampur3013388.7%0%0%
Aharpur3011789.2%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 Antapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,858
5,074 male · 4,784 female
Households
2,479
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.0%
below Soro block's villages (82.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
943
about the same as Soro block's villages (941)
Children aged 0–6
1,298
13.2% of residents
Workers
3,123
31.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
3,633 (36.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
9 (0.1%)

What the 3,123 workers did

  • Cultivators921 (29.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers812 (26.0%)
  • Household industry66 (2.1%)
  • Other work871 (27.9%)
  • Marginal workers453 (14.5%)

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 Antapur

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 11 km², 78% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 7
  • Middle school4 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school2 of 7
  • Degree college2 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump3 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 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) shop4 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
14
Middle schools
7
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
3
Primary health centres
1
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 Soro block

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