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Gram panchayat · Remuna block · Balasore

Karanjia gram panchayat

Karanjia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Remuna block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,737 people in 908 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Remuna assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,737
Literacy
96.5%
Area
1.6 km²
LGD code
275598

Villages of Karanjia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Karanjia8763,60096.7%11%5%
Biseikhunta3213790.7%16%4%
Iswarpur–––––

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 Karanjia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,737
1,946 male · 1,791 female
Households
908
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
96.5%
above Remuna block's villages (77.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
920
below Remuna block's villages (953)
Children aged 0–6
311
8.3% of residents
Workers
1,221
32.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
433 (11.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
185 (5.0%)

What the 1,221 workers did

  • Cultivators46 (3.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers21 (1.7%)
  • Household industry129 (10.6%)
  • Other work896 (73.4%)
  • Marginal workers129 (10.6%)

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 Karanjia

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, 49% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 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 office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (1).

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 Remuna block

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