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Gram panchayat · Chandabali block · Bhadrak

Kaithakela gram panchayat

Kaithakela is a gram panchayat (village council) in Chandabali block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 7,167 people in 1,392 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chandabali assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
7,167
Literacy
80.6%
Area
16 km²
LGD code
116701

Villages of Kaithakela

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kaithkola2921,51081.5%3%0%
Purnaprasad2931,38680.7%0%1%
Kanakprasad1901,04084.5%16%1%
Kishoreprasad15189879.1%1%9%
Krushnaprasad17989179.8%19%1%
Gouraprasad15982084.2%6%0%
Jagannathprasad6028778.0%0%0%
Saratprasad4825857.3%3%25%
Laxmiprasad207786.8%0%4%

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 Kaithakela

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,167
3,710 male · 3,457 female
Households
1,392
about 5.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.6%
below Chandabali block's villages (83.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
932
below Chandabali block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
941
13.1% of residents
Workers
2,490
34.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
450 (6.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
169 (2.4%)

What the 2,490 workers did

  • Cultivators508 (20.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers241 (9.7%)
  • Household industry45 (1.8%)
  • Other work537 (21.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,159 (46.5%)

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 Kaithakela

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 16 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 9
  • Middle school2 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes4 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus7 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Wheat (8).

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 Chandabali block

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