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Gram panchayat · Athagad block · Cuttack

Rajanagar gram panchayat

Rajanagar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Athagad block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 3,247 people in 784 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
3,247
Literacy
83.0%
Area
8 km²
LGD code
116862

Villages of Rajanagar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rajanagar5742,26181.0%8%13%
Tailamal6231393.7%0%0%
Gariapat6727877.7%0%0%
Banakhandi4421390.6%0%0%
Betakholi3718287.7%0%0%
Gokulpur00–––
Radhamadhavpur(UI)–––––

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 Rajanagar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,247
1,672 male · 1,575 female
Households
784
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.0%
about the same as Athagad block's villages (82.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
942
below Athagad block's villages (955)
Children aged 0–6
358
11.0% of residents
Workers
1,702
52.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
190 (5.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
291 (9.0%)

What the 1,702 workers did

  • Cultivators225 (13.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers89 (5.2%)
  • Household industry9 (0.5%)
  • Other work129 (7.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,250 (73.4%)

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 Rajanagar

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 8 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus3 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Vegetables (5).

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 Athagad block

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