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Pandakiapali gram panchayat

Pandakiapali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sohella block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 9,905 people in 2,618 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhatli assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
9,905
Literacy
75.3%
Area
43.8 km²
LGD code
116570

Villages of Pandakiapali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Pandkipali7252,66778.9%21%16%
Arjunda4421,62570.1%26%20%
Kudopali3511,46979.1%13%42%
Karalmal3661,37065.1%22%40%
Kasipali26395074.1%33%24%
Pastamunda24293278.8%27%51%
Negimunda22989280.8%24%29%

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 Pandakiapali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,905
4,986 male · 4,919 female
Households
2,618
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.3%
about the same as Sohella block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
987
about the same as Sohella block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
1,191
12.0% of residents
Workers
5,520
55.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,263 (22.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,883 (29.1%)

What the 5,520 workers did

  • Cultivators922 (16.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers801 (14.5%)
  • Household industry26 (0.5%)
  • Other work230 (4.2%)
  • Marginal workers3,541 (64.1%)

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 Pandakiapali

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 44 km², 56% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school5 of 7
  • Secondary school4 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
15
Middle schools
8
Secondary schools
7
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Ground Nuts (7), Pulse (4), Vegetable (2), Pulses (1). Handicrafts: Forest Products (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 Sohella block

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