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Gram panchayat · Mohana block · Gajapati

Raipanka gram panchayat

Raipanka is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mohana block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 2,436 people in 498 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
15
Population (2011)
2,436
Literacy
46.6%
Area
2 km²
LGD code
117518

Villages of Raipanka

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Raipanka8547268.8%0%46%
Mandrabaju8239459.3%0%99%
Geranga7132258.7%0%97%
Raba5226951.4%0%90%
Siklama(Sikilima)5524751.6%0%85%
Taladakarpanka361712.1%0%100%
Karigiju321626.0%0%100%
Uppar Dakarapanka221123.4%0%97%
Kodakadama218462.3%0%99%
Likhiriguda127261.4%0%97%
Garada13580.0%0%100%
Kirilibaju9450.0%0%100%
Mahaguda82840.9%0%100%
Buriguda00–––
Terakamaha00–––

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 Raipanka

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,436
1,198 male · 1,238 female
Households
498
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
46.6%
below Mohana block's villages (51.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,033
below Mohana block's villages (1,050)
Children aged 0–6
472
19.4% of residents
Workers
1,287
52.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
0 (0.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,101 (86.2%)

What the 1,287 workers did

  • Cultivators110 (8.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers212 (16.5%)
  • Household industry0 (0.0%)
  • Other work31 (2.4%)
  • Marginal workers934 (72.6%)

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 Raipanka

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 15 villages cover 2 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 38% forest.

Education

  • Primary school12 of 13
  • Middle school6 of 13
  • Secondary school0 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre1 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump12 of 13
  • Electricity for homes1 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 13
  • Public bus5 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 13
  • Weekly haat0 of 13
Primary schools
12
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13).

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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