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Gram panchayat · Jaleswar block · Balasore

Gobarghata gram panchayat

Gobarghata is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jaleswar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 7,297 people in 1,584 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jaleswar assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
7,297
Literacy
73.0%
Area
8.7 km²
LGD code
275582

Villages of Gobarghata

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gabarghata1,4016,40673.0%18%25%
Krushnanagar7337862.5%6%78%
Madhabpur6126785.3%3%0%
Radhanagar2512777.0%0%87%
Tegaria146584.2%0%0%
Parhiharpur105457.8%0%87%

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 Gobarghata

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,297
3,716 male · 3,581 female
Households
1,584
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.0%
below Jaleswar block's villages (74.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
964
above Jaleswar block's villages (953)
Children aged 0–6
990
13.6% of residents
Workers
3,036
41.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,188 (16.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,043 (28.0%)

What the 3,036 workers did

  • Cultivators599 (19.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,045 (34.4%)
  • Household industry9 (0.3%)
  • Other work332 (10.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,051 (34.6%)

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 Gobarghata

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 9 km², 63% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump4 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank1 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
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 Jaleswar block

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