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Gram panchayat · Khaira block · Balasore

Goliha gram panchayat

Goliha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaira block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 12 villages, home to 3,531 people in 854 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Simulia assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
12
Population (2011)
3,531
Literacy
83.6%
Area
6.5 km²
LGD code
275595

Villages of Goliha

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Goliha2291,00493.1%8%3%
Muhanchuan16062785.6%29%13%
Barbhagia10042367.6%72%0%
Kantabania6832674.3%4%15%
Panichhatra6826382.8%0%1%
Mulapada(Sahapur)5823187.1%0%0%
Khandapada5921387.7%67%0%
Khanpur5920191.4%0%0%
Golihamadhab2914343.7%13%62%
Manoharpur208692.3%1%0%
Dighi41492.3%0%0%
Kantabaniuninhabited00–––

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 Goliha

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,531
1,751 male · 1,780 female
Households
854
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.6%
above Khaira block's villages (81.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,017
about the same as Khaira block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
428
12.1% of residents
Workers
1,244
35.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
745 (21.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
251 (7.1%)

What the 1,244 workers did

  • Cultivators469 (37.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers177 (14.2%)
  • Household industry6 (0.5%)
  • Other work94 (7.6%)
  • Marginal workers498 (40.0%)

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 Goliha

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 12 villages cover 7 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 11
  • Middle school4 of 11
  • Secondary school2 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre0 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump10 of 11
  • Electricity for homes10 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 11
  • Public bus0 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 11
  • Weekly haat1 of 11
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (11).

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 Khaira block

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