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Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore

Anko gram panchayat

Anko is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,006 people in 932 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,006
Literacy
83.3%
Area
2 km²
LGD code
275536

Villages of Anko

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Anko4651,94385.5%16%8%
Poradiha2191,02885.8%9%1%
Ageria20485477.2%1%0%
AnkaBindha4418174.9%30%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 Anko

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,006
2,059 male · 1,947 female
Households
932
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.3%
above Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
946
about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
401
10.0% of residents
Workers
1,278
31.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
464 (11.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
165 (4.1%)

What the 1,278 workers did

  • Cultivators412 (32.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers250 (19.6%)
  • Household industry19 (1.5%)
  • Other work485 (37.9%)
  • Marginal workers112 (8.8%)

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 Anko

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 2 km², 51% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat2 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2).

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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