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Gram panchayat · Hindol block · Dhenkanal

Chitalpur gram panchayat

Chitalpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hindol block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,435 people in 1,070 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Hindol assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,435
Literacy
76.2%
Area
9.8 km²
LGD code
117314

Villages of Chitalpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Panchupada5862,38374.8%30%8%
Chitalapur4842,05277.7%27%5%
Achutapur00–––

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 Chitalpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,435
2,246 male · 2,189 female
Households
1,070
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.2%
about the same as Hindol block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
975
above Hindol block's villages (959)
Children aged 0–6
473
10.7% of residents
Workers
1,450
32.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,267 (28.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
283 (6.4%)

What the 1,450 workers did

  • Cultivators311 (21.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers273 (18.8%)
  • Household industry61 (4.2%)
  • Other work374 (25.8%)
  • Marginal workers431 (29.7%)

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 Chitalpur

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 10 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school2 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Black Gram (2).

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 Hindol block

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