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Gram panchayat · Badamba block · Cuttack

Gopapur gram panchayat

Gopapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badamba block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,893 people in 1,077 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baramba assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,893
Literacy
84.4%
Area
3.5 km²
LGD code
245209

Villages of Gopapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Padmalabhapur3161,37485.4%13%0%
Gopapur2991,33284.6%13%0%
Pankal2051,00483.7%4%0%
Majhipatna19991383.0%3%0%
Podasahi5827085.9%32%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 Gopapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,893
2,534 male · 2,359 female
Households
1,077
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.4%
above Badamba block's villages (80.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
931
above Badamba block's villages (913)
Children aged 0–6
528
10.8% of residents
Workers
1,629
33.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
495 (10.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,629 workers did

  • Cultivators331 (20.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers518 (31.8%)
  • Household industry12 (0.7%)
  • Other work501 (30.8%)
  • Marginal workers267 (16.4%)

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 Gopapur

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 3 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump0 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus1 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), 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 Badamba block

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