Gram panchayat · Mohana block · Gajapati

Chandiput gram panchayat

Chandiput is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mohana block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 6,368 people in 1,285 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 6,368
Literacy: 59.6%
Area: 32.2 km²
LGD code: 117495

Villages of Chandiput

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Chandiput	394	1,928	75.4%	3%	15%
Raipur	140	700	60.9%	1%	58%
Ranikhama	76	505	62.9%	3%	86%
Bhalipanka	102	461	61.8%	0%	0%
Akili	92	420	64.6%	15%	76%
Taramala	56	314	38.5%	0%	92%
Kapuripata	54	294	63.2%	10%	66%
Jodipathara	51	266	42.7%	9%	59%
Nardiguma	50	230	30.7%	0%	92%
Kaliapata	41	194	32.7%	0%	88%
Ghaibali	36	183	77.7%	0%	100%
Kharidhepa	43	176	41.1%	22%	73%
Kadambachuan	37	165	32.1%	32%	31%
Kusumpur	27	142	48.2%	0%	100%
Srirampur	23	114	32.6%	0%	100%
Jagnathpur	20	88	9.2%	0%	100%
Chanabania	14	60	38.2%	0%	0%
Landaguda	12	50	42.9%	0%	100%
Bankijholi	9	41	52.9%	0%	100%
Nuasahi	8	37	53.1%	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 Chandiput

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,368; 3,089 male · 3,279 female
Households: 1,285; about 5.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 59.6%; above Mohana block's villages (51.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,062; above Mohana block's villages (1,050)
Children aged 0–6: 952; 14.9% of residents
Workers: 2,939; 46.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 292 (4.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,308 (51.9%)

What the 2,939 workers did

Cultivators565 (19.2%)
Agricultural labourers587 (20.0%)
Household industry24 (0.8%)
Other work372 (12.7%)
Marginal workers1,391 (47.3%)

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 Chandiput

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 32 km², 31% of it sown with crops and 27% forest.

Education

Primary school18 of 20
Middle school1 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school1 of 20
Degree college1 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre13 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump18 of 20
Electricity for homes16 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road0 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage14 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat1 of 20

Primary schools: 20
Middle schools: 1
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Maize (17), Millets (13), Horse Gram (2), Red Millets (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 Mohana block

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