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Gram panchayat · Attabira block · Bargarh

Lachida gram panchayat

Lachida is a gram panchayat (village council) in Attabira block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,872 people in 1,237 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Attabira assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,872
Literacy
73.5%
Area
14.9 km²
LGD code
116359

Villages of Lachida

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Lachida7693,06569.6%25%31%
Katabaga3241,27083.2%11%16%
Kalangapali10234466.8%7%22%
Bargad4219383.6%83%1%

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 Lachida

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,872
2,427 male · 2,445 female
Households
1,237
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.5%
below Attabira block's villages (75.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,007
above Attabira block's villages (968)
Children aged 0–6
546
11.2% of residents
Workers
2,407
49.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,092 (22.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,220 (25.0%)

What the 2,407 workers did

  • Cultivators518 (21.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,142 (47.4%)
  • Household industry76 (3.2%)
  • Other work201 (8.4%)
  • Marginal workers470 (19.5%)

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 Lachida

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 15 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 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 road2 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat2 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Vegetables (4), Groundnut (4).

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 Attabira block

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