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Gram panchayat · Niali block · Cuttack

Ratnapur gram panchayat

Ratnapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Niali block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,434 people in 791 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Niali assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,434
Literacy
84.5%
Area
3.2 km²
LGD code
117071

Villages of Ratnapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ratanpur3791,70086.5%42%0%
Banamalipur2691,19581.6%53%0%
Jahangirpur14353984.8%22%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 Ratnapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,434
1,752 male · 1,682 female
Households
791
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.5%
about the same as Niali block's villages (84.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
960
about the same as Niali block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
355
10.3% of residents
Workers
1,154
33.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,469 (42.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,154 workers did

  • Cultivators317 (27.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers221 (19.2%)
  • Household industry14 (1.2%)
  • Other work342 (29.6%)
  • Marginal workers260 (22.5%)

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 Ratnapur

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 3 km², 85% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school1 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 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 haat0 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Pulses (3), Badam (3).

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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