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Chaulia gram panchayat

Chaulia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dhenkanal Sadar block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 6,888 people in 1,605 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
6,888
Literacy
78.2%
Area
16.5 km²
LGD code
117263

Villages of Chaulia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chaulia1,3445,87180.2%17%12%
Naganabasti12752567.1%4%0%
Tavapal13449266.8%33%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 Chaulia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,888
3,561 male · 3,327 female
Households
1,605
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.2%
about the same as Dhenkanal Sadar block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
934
about the same as Dhenkanal Sadar block's villages (938)
Children aged 0–6
825
12.0% of residents
Workers
2,491
36.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,154 (16.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
721 (10.5%)

What the 2,491 workers did

  • Cultivators577 (23.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers608 (24.4%)
  • Household industry39 (1.6%)
  • Other work637 (25.6%)
  • Marginal workers630 (25.3%)

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 Chaulia

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 16 km², 56% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school1 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 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 office2 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat2 of 3
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Black Gram (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 Dhenkanal Sadar block

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