Gram panchayat · Kantapada block · Cuttack
Dimiri gram panchayat
Dimiri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantapada block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,072 people in 902 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Niali assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 5
- Population (2011)
- 4,072
- Literacy
- 82.1%
- Area
- 6 km²
- LGD code
- 116977
Villages of Dimiri
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimiri | 306 | 1,368 | 87.6% | 24% | 0% |
| Gopalnagar | 215 | 987 | 73.7% | 33% | 0% |
| Arisola | 156 | 679 | 79.6% | 78% | 0% |
| Kusunpur | 119 | 550 | 85.4% | 19% | 0% |
| Noda | 106 | 488 | 83.4% | 13% | 0% |
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 Dimiri
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,072
- 2,077 male · 1,995 female
- Households
- 902
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.1%
- below Kantapada block's villages (85.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 961
- about the same as Kantapada block's villages (952)
- Children aged 0–6
- 439
- 10.8% of residents
- Workers
- 1,440
- 35.4% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,356 (33.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,440 workers did
- Cultivators292 (20.3%)
- Agricultural labourers200 (13.9%)
- Household industry19 (1.3%)
- Other work618 (42.9%)
- Marginal workers311 (21.6%)
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 Dimiri
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 5 villages cover 6 km², 32% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school4 of 5
- Middle school3 of 5
- Secondary school2 of 5
- Senior secondary school1 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 pump0 of 5
- Electricity for homes4 of 5
Roads & transport
- All-weather road5 of 5
- Public bus2 of 5
- Mobile phone coverage5 of 5
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 5
- Commercial bank0 of 5
- Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
- Weekly haat1 of 5
- Primary schools
- 6
- Middle schools
- 4
- Secondary schools
- 3
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (5), Vegetable (2), Groundnut (2), Sugarcane (1).
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 Kantapada block
- Adaspur
- Badapatsundarpur
- Bagalpur
- Brahmanbati
- Brahmansailo
- Govindpur
- Jharapada
- Kantapara
- Nahalpur
- Nuagaongram
- Postal
- Uradha
- Uttaran
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