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Gram panchayat · Harabhanga block · Boudh

Dhalpur gram panchayat

Dhalpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Harabhanga block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 5,806 people in 1,463 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Boudh assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
5,806
Literacy
77.3%
Area
29.6 km²
LGD code
116801

Villages of Dhalpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dhalpur3381,28475.7%56%3%
Sakusingha22595376.8%47%10%
Belapadar14360076.5%20%0%
Kharasankulai16559474.9%33%5%
Kankala13958278.4%34%9%
Budhikan8736288.5%41%2%
Palsakutuni8735365.8%29%1%
Tentulipadar7026678.8%80%0%
Jabalpur5721482.4%68%0%
Sambarkata5221377.7%0%5%
Durgapur3515589.0%0%9%
Chandrasekharpur3312570.2%0%0%
Paramanandapur205992.7%0%0%
Sajalganda62579.2%4%56%
Rajasahi62173.3%0%0%
Nuakharasankulei00–––

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 Dhalpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,806
2,984 male · 2,822 female
Households
1,463
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.3%
above Harabhanga block's villages (74.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
946
below Harabhanga block's villages (987)
Children aged 0–6
810
14.0% of residents
Workers
2,715
46.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,288 (39.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
260 (4.5%)

What the 2,715 workers did

  • Cultivators673 (24.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers81 (3.0%)
  • Household industry84 (3.1%)
  • Other work508 (18.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,369 (50.4%)

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 Dhalpur

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 30 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 15
  • Middle school2 of 15
  • Secondary school1 of 15
  • Senior secondary school0 of 15
  • Degree college0 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre1 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump15 of 15
  • Electricity for homes7 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road12 of 15
  • Public bus1 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage14 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 15
  • Weekly haat1 of 15
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15), Pulses (14), Mung (10).

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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