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Gram panchayat · Dhamanagar block · Bhadrak

Karada gram panchayat

Karada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dhamanagar block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,757 people in 1,164 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
5,757
Literacy
83.0%
Area
5.7 km²
LGD code
116735

Villages of Karada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Karada2791,33683.1%25%0%
Alinagar2341,23491.4%13%0%
Sujansinghpur18696283.6%18%0%
Chashakhanda15179776.9%17%0%
Chhatisbedapur14768179.5%14%0%
Tentuligan14362682.9%21%0%
Patulia2412156.9%100%0%
Chakuasahi00–––

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 Karada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,757
2,797 male · 2,960 female
Households
1,164
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.0%
below Dhamanagar block's villages (85.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,058
above Dhamanagar block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6
643
11.2% of residents
Workers
1,573
27.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,151 (20.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
2 (0.0%)

What the 1,573 workers did

  • Cultivators229 (14.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers492 (31.3%)
  • Household industry19 (1.2%)
  • Other work562 (35.7%)
  • Marginal workers271 (17.2%)

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 Karada

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 8 villages cover 6 km², 86% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 7
  • Middle school4 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 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 road7 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) shop6 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Milk (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 Dhamanagar block

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