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Gram panchayat · Mohana block · Gajapati

Paniganda gram panchayat

Paniganda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mohana block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 4,353 people in 966 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
4,353
Literacy
46.3%
Area
10 km²
LGD code
117519

Villages of Paniganda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Paniganda2231,09964.6%2%8%
Toranipani17486743.5%0%81%
Kutuniganda23682729.8%0%62%
Bithal15467360.8%1%42%
Dengama6031427.5%0%97%
Petakhala5024529.9%0%98%
Raiganda2210741.0%0%71%
Budhadiha208916.9%0%100%
Katapadar11557.5%0%100%
Mankadapeta94548.7%0%91%
Durduma31555.6%0%100%
Poibadi31130.0%0%100%
Kumbhiguda160.0%0%100%
Bhojan00–––
Jungleblock No-5600–––
Nuagam00–––

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 Paniganda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,353
2,241 male · 2,112 female
Households
966
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
46.3%
below Mohana block's villages (51.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
942
below Mohana block's villages (1,050)
Children aged 0–6
855
19.6% of residents
Workers
2,442
56.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
23 (0.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,425 (55.7%)

What the 2,442 workers did

  • Cultivators532 (21.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers434 (17.8%)
  • Household industry24 (1.0%)
  • Other work290 (11.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,162 (47.6%)

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 Paniganda

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 16 villages cover 10 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 28% 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 centre8 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump6 of 13
  • Electricity for homes9 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 13
  • Public bus0 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 13
  • Weekly haat1 of 13
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), 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

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Paniganda? Share it with us.