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Gochhapada gram panchayat

Gochhapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Boudh block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 23 villages, home to 6,136 people in 1,464 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantamal assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 23
Population (2011): 6,136
Literacy: 68.7%
Area: 27.8 km²
LGD code: 116781

Villages of Gochhapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Banapali	105	521	83.7%	4%	0%
Gochhapada	115	513	70.0%	9%	8%
Jharmunda	108	447	67.0%	5%	25%
Talupali	104	401	70.8%	42%	20%
Karadapada	104	397	68.4%	28%	9%
Lumburjena	89	388	68.7%	20%	0%
Mangalamunda	85	382	69.7%	14%	3%
Usumilika	95	382	62.3%	37%	15%
Udbilika	88	355	53.2%	53%	9%
Barhapathar	78	324	71.6%	24%	0%
Khameswarijhuli	72	274	57.8%	19%	5%
Thapapali	63	248	76.3%	9%	0%
Ghodakhai	62	235	61.4%	0%	14%
Ainlajhuli	50	210	70.2%	4%	5%
Mallikpada	62	208	40.2%	3%	63%
Tribenipur	46	200	72.8%	0%	0%
Panchupali	39	183	80.5%	0%	11%
Bijapadar	27	140	68.6%	6%	64%
Sialimunda	20	92	75.9%	0%	0%
Balandapada	21	88	80.0%	45%	27%
Malisahi	18	87	83.8%	0%	0%
Keutipali	13	61	67.9%	0%	0%
Ratanpur	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 Gochhapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,136; 3,051 male · 3,085 female
Households: 1,464; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 68.7%; below Boudh block's villages (71.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,011; above Boudh block's villages (992)
Children aged 0–6: 948; 15.4% of residents
Workers: 3,074; 50.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,048 (17.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 694 (11.3%)

What the 3,074 workers did

Cultivators577 (18.8%)
Agricultural labourers288 (9.4%)
Household industry195 (6.3%)
Other work283 (9.2%)
Marginal workers1,731 (56.3%)

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 Gochhapada

How many of the 22 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 28 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 22
Middle school3 of 22
Secondary school1 of 22
Senior secondary school0 of 22
Degree college0 of 22

Health

Primary health centre0 of 22
Health sub-centre1 of 22
Anganwadi centre14 of 22

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 22
Hand pump22 of 22
Electricity for homes12 of 22

Roads & transport

All-weather road2 of 22
Public bus2 of 22
Mobile phone coverage20 of 22

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 22
Commercial bank0 of 22
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 22
Weekly haat1 of 22

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (22), Pulses (22), Mung (21), Arhar (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 Boudh block

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