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Gram panchayat · Bhandaripokhari block · Bhadrak

Malada gram panchayat

Malada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhandaripokhari block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,824 people in 1,256 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhandaripokhari assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
5,824
Literacy
84.0%
Area
9.8 km²
LGD code
116649

Villages of Malada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jalahari3571,67988.5%22%0%
Raghunathpur3391,54385.3%26%0%
Malda3181,52481.2%36%0%
Chatrubhujpur19587380.3%44%0%
Rampur2611867.3%84%0%
Jangaria (Janagadia)166080.8%100%0%
Mahisagadia52776.9%0%0%

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 Malada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,824
2,996 male · 2,828 female
Households
1,256
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.0%
below Bhandaripokhari block's villages (86.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
944
below Bhandaripokhari block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6
643
11.0% of residents
Workers
1,815
31.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,858 (31.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
2 (0.0%)

What the 1,815 workers did

  • Cultivators667 (36.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers422 (23.3%)
  • Household industry9 (0.5%)
  • Other work376 (20.7%)
  • Marginal workers341 (18.8%)

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 Malada

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 10 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 7
  • Middle school2 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre2 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 7

Water & power

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

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Bhandaripokhari block

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