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Gram panchayat · Kamakhyanagar block · Dhenkanal

Mahulpal gram panchayat

Mahulpal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kamakhyanagar block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,504 people in 828 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,504
Literacy
84.2%
Area
14.1 km²
LGD code
117361

Villages of Mahulpal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mahulapal4801,96184.1%16%29%
Bijadihi2491,14884.8%9%26%
Kakudia9236583.6%18%2%
Kakudia(L)73082.8%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 Mahulpal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,504
1,824 male · 1,680 female
Households
828
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.2%
above Kamakhyanagar block's villages (79.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
921
below Kamakhyanagar block's villages (952)
Children aged 0–6
403
11.5% of residents
Workers
1,400
40.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
483 (13.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
888 (25.3%)

What the 1,400 workers did

  • Cultivators149 (10.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers162 (11.6%)
  • Household industry19 (1.4%)
  • Other work598 (42.7%)
  • Marginal workers472 (33.7%)

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 Mahulpal

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 14 km², 27% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Black Gram (4), Rabi Crops (1).

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 Kamakhyanagar block

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