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Gram panchayat · Sohella block · Bargarh

Kuchipali gram panchayat

Kuchipali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sohella block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,364 people in 849 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhatli assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
3,364
Literacy
80.3%
Area
8.5 km²
LGD code
116568

Villages of Kuchipali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kuchipali6332,51179.7%19%15%
Katapali21685382.3%18%20%

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 Kuchipali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,364
1,675 male · 1,689 female
Households
849
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.3%
above Sohella block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,008
above Sohella block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
299
8.9% of residents
Workers
2,117
62.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
638 (19.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
546 (16.2%)

What the 2,117 workers did

  • Cultivators388 (18.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers401 (18.9%)
  • Household industry135 (6.4%)
  • Other work308 (14.5%)
  • Marginal workers885 (41.8%)

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 Kuchipali

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 8 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school0 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
2
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Ground Nuts (2), Pulses (2).

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 Sohella block

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