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Gram panchayat · Kantapada block · Cuttack

Uttaran gram panchayat

Uttaran is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantapada block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,792 people in 869 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Niali assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,792
Literacy
85.9%
Area
4.1 km²
LGD code
116985

Villages of Uttaran

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Uttarana5642,36586.6%36%0%
Alingi18785783.1%27%0%
Babaja11857086.9%11%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 Uttaran

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,792
1,944 male · 1,848 female
Households
869
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.9%
about the same as Kantapada block's villages (85.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
951
about the same as Kantapada block's villages (952)
Children aged 0–6
413
10.9% of residents
Workers
1,358
35.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,152 (30.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
6 (0.2%)

What the 1,358 workers did

  • Cultivators237 (17.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers190 (14.0%)
  • Household industry57 (4.2%)
  • Other work534 (39.3%)
  • Marginal workers340 (25.0%)

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 Uttaran

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 4 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school3 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat2 of 3
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Pulses (3), Vegetable (1), 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

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