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Gram panchayat · Badamba block · Cuttack

Kasikiary gram panchayat

Kasikiary is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badamba block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,581 people in 1,202 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baramba assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,581
Literacy
81.1%
Area
7.9 km²
LGD code
116884

Villages of Kasikiary

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kasikiari3751,38084.5%2%0%
Khandualnuagan22687280.4%11%0%
Dhanapalli18976375.2%27%0%
Barimul17163285.5%2%0%
Majhipada14960781.5%19%0%
Gojapada9232772.9%8%42%

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 Kasikiary

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,581
2,389 male · 2,192 female
Households
1,202
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.1%
about the same as Badamba block's villages (80.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
918
about the same as Badamba block's villages (913)
Children aged 0–6
501
10.9% of residents
Workers
1,646
35.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
485 (10.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
136 (3.0%)

What the 1,646 workers did

  • Cultivators338 (20.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers237 (14.4%)
  • Household industry276 (16.8%)
  • Other work196 (11.9%)
  • Marginal workers599 (36.4%)

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 Kasikiary

How many of the 6 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, 71% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump0 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Pulses (6), Mung (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 Badamba block

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