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Gram panchayat · Kantapada block · Cuttack

Nahalpur gram panchayat

Nahalpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantapada block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 6,852 people in 1,443 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Niali assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
6,852
Literacy
84.5%
Area
7.4 km²
LGD code
116981

Villages of Nahalpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gunadola4031,98487.3%24%0%
Nahalpur3861,93581.1%26%0%
Gelapur19485885.1%26%0%
Johala20484583.3%68%0%
Gogala10859182.4%7%0%
Paikapada10042485.9%75%0%
Jainlo4821593.2%0%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 Nahalpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,852
3,470 male · 3,382 female
Households
1,443
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.5%
below Kantapada block's villages (85.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
975
above Kantapada block's villages (952)
Children aged 0–6
747
10.9% of residents
Workers
2,423
35.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,148 (31.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
3 (0.0%)

What the 2,423 workers did

  • Cultivators386 (15.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers284 (11.7%)
  • Household industry89 (3.7%)
  • Other work779 (32.2%)
  • Marginal workers885 (36.5%)

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 Nahalpur

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 7 km², 41% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school2 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Pulses (7), Vegetable (7).

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

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