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Gram panchayat · Kankada Had block · Dhenkanal

Pangatira gram panchayat

Pangatira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kankada Had block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,183 people in 971 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,183
Literacy
71.8%
Area
29.9 km²
LGD code
117384

Villages of Pangatira

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Pangatira7463,11072.9%8%17%
Brahmanjhar7439371.0%17%27%
Andhari7235263.9%9%76%
Kendumunda7832769.9%0%37%
Raijhara11100.0%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 Pangatira

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,183
2,091 male · 2,092 female
Households
971
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
71.8%
about the same as Kankada Had block's villages (71.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,000
above Kankada Had block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6
519
12.4% of residents
Workers
2,471
59.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
334 (8.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,017 (24.3%)

What the 2,471 workers did

  • Cultivators632 (25.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers314 (12.7%)
  • Household industry15 (0.6%)
  • Other work208 (8.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,302 (52.7%)

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 Pangatira

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 30 km², 18% of it sown with crops and 31% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump4 of 5
  • Electricity for homes3 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus2 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (5).

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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