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Gram panchayat · Bijepur block · Bargarh

Pada gram panchayat

Pada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bijepur block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,908 people in 1,625 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bijepur assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,908
Literacy
78.7%
Area
17.5 km²
LGD code
116470

Villages of Pada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Pada6873,00583.4%12%14%
Rengalipali4581,93675.0%19%17%
Rengalipali19076779.5%14%7%
Gandapali( Pukhamunda)13958368.8%36%43%
Banjidunguri10042877.1%35%0%
Bhoipali5118970.4%53%22%

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 Pada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,908
3,534 male · 3,374 female
Households
1,625
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.7%
above Bijepur block's villages (74.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
955
below Bijepur block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
759
11.0% of residents
Workers
3,547
51.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,287 (18.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,092 (15.8%)

What the 3,547 workers did

  • Cultivators468 (13.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers937 (26.4%)
  • Household industry412 (11.6%)
  • Other work621 (17.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,109 (31.3%)

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 Pada

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 18 km², 62% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school0 of 6
  • Senior secondary school1 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre2 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Ground Nuts (4), Pulses (2), Pulsus (1), Vegetable (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 Bijepur block

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