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Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore

Panchapada gram panchayat

Panchapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 2,507 people in 531 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
2,507
Literacy
79.9%
Area
1.7 km²
LGD code
275538

Villages of Panchapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Panchpada5132,43479.7%45%0%
Asuradiha187387.7%4%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 Panchapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,507
1,348 male · 1,159 female
Households
531
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.9%
above Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
860
below Baleshwar block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
309
12.3% of residents
Workers
1,140
45.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,090 (43.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
4 (0.2%)

What the 1,140 workers did

  • Cultivators395 (34.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers77 (6.8%)
  • Household industry0 (0.0%)
  • Other work127 (11.1%)
  • Marginal workers541 (47.5%)

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 Panchapada

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 2 km², 21% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school0 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes1 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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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