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Gram panchayat · Bhandaripokhari block · Bhadrak

Ranania gram panchayat

Ranania is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhandaripokhari block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 8,644 people in 2,044 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhandaripokhari assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
8,644
Literacy
87.6%
Area
14 km²
LGD code
116658

Villages of Ranania

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rahanian4322,01782.1%44%2%
Radho3601,45291.5%13%0%
Belagadia2651,04988.2%15%0%
Nuapokhari22793983.8%0%2%
Deulapadi19186797.0%8%0%
Naurangapur14459388.6%0%0%
Akulikana14157881.0%27%6%
Surubana14555788.9%17%0%
Purastampur6227393.7%2%0%
Hajipur5521692.3%0%2%
Keshpur2210388.5%78%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 Ranania

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,644
4,319 male · 4,325 female
Households
2,044
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.6%
above Bhandaripokhari block's villages (86.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,001
about the same as Bhandaripokhari block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6
987
11.4% of residents
Workers
2,632
30.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,636 (18.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
95 (1.1%)

What the 2,632 workers did

  • Cultivators1,093 (41.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers621 (23.6%)
  • Household industry47 (1.8%)
  • Other work554 (21.0%)
  • Marginal workers317 (12.0%)

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 Ranania

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 14 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 11
  • Middle school5 of 11
  • Secondary school2 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre1 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump11 of 11
  • Electricity for homes11 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 11
  • Public bus0 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 11
  • Weekly haat0 of 11
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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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