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Gram panchayat · Parjang block · Dhenkanal

Patarpada gram panchayat

Patarpada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Parjang block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 6,905 people in 1,797 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
6,905
Literacy
80.4%
Area
11.4 km²
LGD code
117431

Villages of Patarpada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Patarapada7703,06981.4%7%0%
Katabahal6332,37276.7%12%0%
Sankamar17765785.2%20%0%
Badakamar13952184.9%19%0%
Dihakamar7828682.1%21%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 Patarpada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,905
3,505 male · 3,400 female
Households
1,797
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.4%
above Parjang block's villages (77.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
970
about the same as Parjang block's villages (965)
Children aged 0–6
663
9.6% of residents
Workers
2,581
37.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
805 (11.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,581 workers did

  • Cultivators311 (12.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers317 (12.3%)
  • Household industry29 (1.1%)
  • Other work307 (11.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,617 (62.7%)

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 Patarpada

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 11 km², 73% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school2 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus3 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
7
Degree colleges
2
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (5), Vegetable (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 Parjang block

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