Gram panchayat · Harabhanga block · Boudh

Chhatranga gram panchayat

Chhatranga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Harabhanga block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 5,165 people in 1,259 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Boudh assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 5,165
Literacy: 70.7%
Area: 39.5 km²
LGD code: 116800

Villages of Chhatranga

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bhaliagora	212	886	74.6%	26%	13%
Kharbhuin	204	857	73.4%	19%	18%
Chhatrang	189	774	76.9%	25%	18%
Kanthipadar	142	484	64.2%	42%	40%
Gundurisahi	115	477	79.6%	52%	6%
Baisipada	78	347	71.2%	9%	75%
Kutigadu	57	215	53.8%	44%	55%
Dhungiamunda	43	184	77.0%	88%	6%
Tangarkupa	46	175	67.5%	21%	31%
Dimirikhol	32	137	61.6%	5%	80%
Trilochanpur	27	121	75.0%	0%	80%
Tilichapadar	24	110	52.7%	0%	37%
Jharkhaman	15	71	75.4%	0%	77%
Bandigadu	14	64	55.7%	0%	100%
Adipadar	14	60	35.3%	3%	97%
Nedisahi	14	56	66.0%	0%	89%
Damada	11	50	67.4%	0%	100%
Saradakhol	12	49	27.9%	0%	65%
Pilichapadar	10	48	57.8%	23%	77%
Kharabhuinjungle	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 Chhatranga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,165; 2,581 male · 2,584 female
Households: 1,259; about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 70.7%; below Harabhanga block's villages (74.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,001; above Harabhanga block's villages (987)
Children aged 0–6: 657; 12.7% of residents
Workers: 2,773; 53.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,386 (26.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,671 (32.4%)

What the 2,773 workers did

Cultivators568 (20.5%)
Agricultural labourers543 (19.6%)
Household industry19 (0.7%)
Other work287 (10.3%)
Marginal workers1,356 (48.9%)

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 Chhatranga

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 39 km², 32% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 19
Middle school4 of 19
Secondary school1 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre1 of 19
Anganwadi centre6 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump19 of 19
Electricity for homes6 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road9 of 19
Public bus0 of 19
Mobile phone coverage13 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 19
Weekly haat1 of 19

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Pulses (19), Horse Crop (4), Mung (2), Horse Gram (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 Harabhanga block

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