Gram panchayat · Kantamal block · Boudh

Ghantapada gram panchayat

Ghantapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantamal block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 8,715 people in 2,112 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantamal assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 8,715
Literacy: 66.0%
Area: 32.7 km²
LGD code: 116818

Villages of Ghantapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Ghantapada	411	1,735	73.5%	18%	18%
Rekdole	281	1,361	60.7%	34%	16%
Kodibahal	191	813	67.1%	6%	4%
Landapadar	158	634	49.9%	25%	11%
Srimal	156	568	70.8%	13%	0%
Manikpur	157	537	60.9%	8%	21%
Talabeda	108	440	65.8%	20%	11%
Malapada	108	421	61.3%	32%	0%
Kunasila	90	356	69.5%	0%	0%
Badabahal	71	310	76.6%	2%	11%
Tambasena	84	309	71.8%	55%	23%
Surkabhata	65	269	50.0%	10%	16%
Narayanapali	47	194	56.7%	0%	36%
Podapadar	44	190	75.8%	16%	24%
Tabada	43	189	75.0%	0%	12%
Sanatandamunda	38	150	63.8%	0%	17%
Baghia	37	149	76.6%	0%	93%
Gadaguba	23	90	57.3%	0%	8%

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 Ghantapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,715; 4,335 male · 4,380 female
Households: 2,112; about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 66.0%; below Kantamal block's villages (67.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,010; above Kantamal block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6: 1,384; 15.9% of residents
Workers: 4,177; 47.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,566 (18.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,251 (14.4%)

What the 4,177 workers did

Cultivators1,121 (26.8%)
Agricultural labourers294 (7.0%)
Household industry5 (0.1%)
Other work371 (8.9%)
Marginal workers2,386 (57.1%)

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 Ghantapada

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 33 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 25% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 18
Middle school5 of 18
Secondary school1 of 18
Senior secondary school1 of 18
Degree college0 of 18

Health

Primary health centre0 of 18
Health sub-centre1 of 18
Anganwadi centre12 of 18

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 18
Hand pump18 of 18
Electricity for homes5 of 18

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 18
Public bus5 of 18
Mobile phone coverage17 of 18

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 18
Commercial bank0 of 18
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 18
Weekly haat1 of 18

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Pulses (18), Vegetables (18).

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 Kantamal block

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