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Gram panchayat · Tihidi block · Bhadrak

Talapada gram panchayat

Talapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tihidi block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 3,608 people in 810 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
3,608
Literacy
81.6%
Area
4.7 km²
LGD code
116773

Villages of Talapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Talapada4071,71079.4%61%0%
Gopa12858779.3%53%0%
Gadadharpur10151685.5%19%0%
Agiria9544691.3%33%0%
Chakasridharpur5223570.2%57%0%
Duteibindha2711493.1%7%0%
Chakaagiria00–––

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 Talapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,608
1,851 male · 1,757 female
Households
810
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.6%
about the same as Tihidi block's villages (82.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
949
below Tihidi block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
371
10.3% of residents
Workers
1,137
31.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,749 (48.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,137 workers did

  • Cultivators197 (17.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers209 (18.4%)
  • Household industry7 (0.6%)
  • Other work190 (16.7%)
  • Marginal workers534 (47.0%)

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 Talapada

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 5 km², 57% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Vegetables (4).

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 Tihidi block

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