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Gram panchayat · Gumma block · Gajapati

Gaiba gram panchayat

Gaiba is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gumma block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,666 people in 987 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
4,666
Literacy
52.7%
Area
70.1 km²
LGD code
117463

Villages of Gaiba

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gaiba3341,67477.1%3%10%
Tandranga16776252.6%0%100%
Dukeijung11848412.4%0%99%
Badigam9743831.8%0%100%
Kimbosingi9441036.8%0%100%
Sargiasingi5527427.7%0%100%
Pitarguda4725351.3%0%100%
Artana3014462.2%0%99%
Jeda167550.0%0%100%
Kudasingi126953.7%0%99%
Baruarada83542.9%0%100%
Padasahi6343.3%0%100%
Saradana3140.0%0%100%
Ramachandrapur00–––

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 Gaiba

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,666
2,239 male · 2,427 female
Households
987
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
52.7%
above Gumma block's villages (47.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,084
above Gumma block's villages (1,048)
Children aged 0–6
704
15.1% of residents
Workers
2,303
49.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
44 (0.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,154 (67.6%)

What the 2,303 workers did

  • Cultivators214 (9.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,289 (56.0%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work198 (8.6%)
  • Marginal workers600 (26.1%)

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 Gaiba

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 70 km², 17% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 13
  • Middle school3 of 13
  • Secondary school1 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre1 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump4 of 13
  • Electricity for homes11 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 13
  • Public bus1 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 13
  • Weekly haat1 of 13
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Ragi (11).

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 Gumma block

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