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Gram panchayat · Niali block · Cuttack

Ekberuan gram panchayat

Ekberuan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Niali block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,368 people in 845 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Niali assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,368
Literacy
83.2%
Area
6.3 km²
LGD code
117058

Villages of Ekberuan

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ekaberuan2841,12884.4%5%0%
Nati26094281.3%12%0%
Kalakha (Mahisagotha)16170090.3%5%0%
Palasa14059875.6%3%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 Ekberuan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,368
1,725 male · 1,643 female
Households
845
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.2%
about the same as Niali block's villages (84.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
952
below Niali block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
338
10.0% of residents
Workers
1,008
29.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
217 (6.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 1,008 workers did

  • Cultivators395 (39.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers167 (16.6%)
  • Household industry31 (3.1%)
  • Other work292 (29.0%)
  • Marginal workers123 (12.2%)

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 Ekberuan

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 6 km², 65% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump1 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Badam (4), Groundnut (2), Mung (1), Biri (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 Niali block

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