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Gram panchayat · Bhuban block · Dhenkanal

Marthapur gram panchayat

Marthapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhuban block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 8,119 people in 1,800 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
8,119
Literacy
80.0%
Area
17.6 km²
LGD code
117251

Villages of Marthapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Marthapur5452,49884.5%23%9%
Adipura3301,60574.1%25%0%
Jineilo2541,08584.9%5%0%
Odhana2231,00967.2%9%0%
Gobindapur22597878.6%64%0%
Anlapal8938189.2%3%0%
Gobindabidyadhar Pur Patana6426697.1%0%0%
Malapura3817780.6%0%0%
Gobindabidyadharpur249251.9%100%0%
Nayaodhana82896.2%0%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 Marthapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,119
4,165 male · 3,954 female
Households
1,800
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.0%
about the same as Bhuban block's villages (80.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
949
about the same as Bhuban block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
867
10.7% of residents
Workers
2,492
30.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,853 (22.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
217 (2.7%)

What the 2,492 workers did

  • Cultivators237 (9.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers334 (13.4%)
  • Household industry106 (4.3%)
  • Other work690 (27.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,125 (45.1%)

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 Marthapur

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 18 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 10
  • Middle school7 of 10
  • Secondary school3 of 10
  • Senior secondary school1 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre1 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes10 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 10
  • Public bus6 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
15
Middle schools
9
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Black Gram (10), Dal (10).

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 Bhuban block

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