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Gadaphalasuni gram panchayat

Gadaphalasuni is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kankada Had block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 7,079 people in 1,622 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
7,079
Literacy
70.9%
Area
38.7 km²
LGD code
117372

Villages of Gadaphalasuni

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Garapalasuni1,0944,72371.4%18%15%
Jarada2041,00470.1%8%30%
Dehurihata20585065.2%19%12%
Dangapal5021775.7%0%91%
Karadakhaman4618580.6%0%97%
Nageswar2310080.9%0%100%

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 Gadaphalasuni

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,079
3,607 male · 3,472 female
Households
1,622
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
70.9%
about the same as Kankada Had block's villages (71.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
963
below Kankada Had block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6
878
12.4% of residents
Workers
2,876
40.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,103 (15.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,604 (22.7%)

What the 2,876 workers did

  • Cultivators475 (16.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers569 (19.8%)
  • Household industry73 (2.5%)
  • Other work548 (19.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,211 (42.1%)

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 Gadaphalasuni

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 39 km², 19% of it sown with crops and 21% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school4 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school1 of 6
  • Degree college1 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6).

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 Kankada Had block

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