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Kalapada gram panchayat

Kalapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Cuttacksadar block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 6,891 people in 1,477 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
6,891
Literacy
90.5%
Area
8.1 km²
LGD code
116962

Villages of Kalapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kalapada4162,03394.4%6%0%
Rautrapur3791,83290.7%17%1%
Tainkana2691,17391.0%36%0%
Dahigan18585382.9%50%0%
Basantakundal15562185.1%13%0%
Bhargol7337994.2%4%0%
Khadichuandeuli–––––
Khadichuandeuli–––––

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 Kalapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,891
3,533 male · 3,358 female
Households
1,477
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
90.5%
above Cuttacksadar block's villages (84.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
950
about the same as Cuttacksadar block's villages (957)
Children aged 0–6
621
9.0% of residents
Workers
2,566
37.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,380 (20.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
11 (0.2%)

What the 2,566 workers did

  • Cultivators181 (7.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers165 (6.4%)
  • Household industry90 (3.5%)
  • Other work1,291 (50.3%)
  • Marginal workers839 (32.7%)

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 Kalapada

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, 59% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 6
  • Middle school1 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 pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Pulses (6), Vegetable (6).

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 Cuttacksadar block

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