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Gram panchayat · Soro block · Balasore

Gopinathpur gram panchayat

Gopinathpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Soro block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,463 people in 1,494 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Soro assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,463
Literacy
81.3%
Area
7.3 km²
LGD code
116314

Villages of Gopinathpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Digbhanra4912,08766.9%6%35%
Gopinathpur3631,73088.6%20%6%
Raipitamber2771,15385.6%15%0%
Raghunathpur23292588.4%46%0%
Juka10144791.8%0%0%
Mendhagadia3012183.5%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 Gopinathpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,463
3,296 male · 3,167 female
Households
1,494
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.3%
below Soro block's villages (82.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
961
above Soro block's villages (941)
Children aged 0–6
788
12.2% of residents
Workers
2,477
38.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,072 (16.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
842 (13.0%)

What the 2,477 workers did

  • Cultivators413 (16.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers638 (25.8%)
  • Household industry49 (2.0%)
  • Other work534 (21.6%)
  • Marginal workers843 (34.0%)

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 Gopinathpur

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 7 km², 73% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school5 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school1 of 6
  • Degree college1 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump3 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat2 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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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