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Gengutia gram panchayat

Gengutia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dhenkanal Sadar block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,618 people in 1,015 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,618
Literacy
85.8%
Area
7.5 km²
LGD code
117265

Villages of Gengutia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gengutia5292,48285.1%27%4%
Ranapasi17877584.8%23%13%
Gurujanga13066490.2%0%0%
Haladibari6626188.5%16%40%
Kandhapal6424475.9%100%0%
Kenchuabereni3011197.0%0%0%
Dudhapal188185.9%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 Gengutia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,618
2,442 male · 2,176 female
Households
1,015
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.8%
above Dhenkanal Sadar block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
891
below Dhenkanal Sadar block's villages (938)
Children aged 0–6
522
11.3% of residents
Workers
1,447
31.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,136 (24.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
311 (6.7%)

What the 1,447 workers did

  • Cultivators284 (19.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers125 (8.6%)
  • Household industry12 (0.8%)
  • Other work844 (58.3%)
  • Marginal workers182 (12.6%)

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 Gengutia

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 8 km², 70% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 7
  • Middle school2 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college3 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 7
  • Public bus7 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
3
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Black Gram (7).

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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