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Gram panchayat · Mahanga block · Cuttack

Panaspur gram panchayat

Panaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mahanga block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 6,136 people in 1,369 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
6,136
Literacy
88.7%
Area
5.3 km²
LGD code
275439

Villages of Panaspur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Panaspur4742,07590.1%17%0%
Akarapada3861,70084.5%24%0%
Sahaspur2041,01491.2%16%0%
Nadiasahaspur20586386.8%19%0%
Sorala10048495.3%30%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 Panaspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,136
3,127 male · 3,009 female
Households
1,369
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
88.7%
above Mahanga block's villages (86.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
962
above Mahanga block's villages (945)
Children aged 0–6
669
10.9% of residents
Workers
1,917
31.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,232 (20.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 1,917 workers did

  • Cultivators536 (28.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers531 (27.7%)
  • Household industry24 (1.3%)
  • Other work358 (18.7%)
  • Marginal workers468 (24.4%)

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 Panaspur

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 5 km², 78% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school0 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 pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (5).

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 Mahanga block

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