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Olanga gram panchayat

Olanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhadrak block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,435 people in 989 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhadrak assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,435
Literacy
71.5%
Area
7 km²
LGD code
116638

Villages of Olanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Olang7663,33467.4%21%23%
Gobindapur2231,10183.5%10%0%
Sarmanga (OG)–––––

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 Olanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,435
2,277 male · 2,158 female
Households
989
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
71.5%
below Bhadrak block's villages (81.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
948
below Bhadrak block's villages (967)
Children aged 0–6
569
12.8% of residents
Workers
1,451
32.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
811 (18.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
775 (17.5%)

What the 1,451 workers did

  • Cultivators202 (13.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers614 (42.3%)
  • Household industry30 (2.1%)
  • Other work242 (16.7%)
  • Marginal workers363 (25.0%)

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 Olanga

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 7 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Bhadrak block

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