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Gram panchayat · Tangi Choudwar block · Cuttack

Govindapur gram panchayat

Govindapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tangi Choudwar block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,269 people in 877 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Salipur assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
4,269
Literacy
85.2%
Area
1.9 km²
LGD code
117153

Villages of Govindapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gokulpur4982,39683.4%21%0%
Govindapur3791,87387.5%6%14%

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 Govindapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,269
2,171 male · 2,098 female
Households
877
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.2%
above Tangi Choudwar block's villages (81.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
966
above Tangi Choudwar block's villages (956)
Children aged 0–6
464
10.9% of residents
Workers
1,376
32.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
623 (14.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
260 (6.1%)

What the 1,376 workers did

  • Cultivators53 (3.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers255 (18.5%)
  • Household industry116 (8.4%)
  • Other work742 (53.9%)
  • Marginal workers210 (15.3%)

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 Govindapur

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 2 km², 34% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2).

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 Tangi Choudwar block

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