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Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore

Khannagar gram panchayat

Khannagar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,823 people in 1,116 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,823
Literacy
75.8%
Area
8.5 km²
LGD code
275532

Villages of Khannagar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khannagar5082,08761.5%42%18%
Bangara2541,17297.1%4%2%
Harida14663878.9%77%18%
Purastampur11852473.2%16%33%
Korkora9040285.0%0%22%
Chhotokhannagar00–––

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 Khannagar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,823
2,473 male · 2,350 female
Households
1,116
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.8%
about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
950
about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
628
13.0% of residents
Workers
1,927
40.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,509 (31.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
771 (16.0%)

What the 1,927 workers did

  • Cultivators226 (11.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers475 (24.6%)
  • Household industry149 (7.7%)
  • Other work495 (25.7%)
  • Marginal workers582 (30.2%)

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 Khannagar

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 9 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school0 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).

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 Baleshwar block

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