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Gram panchayat · R.udayagiri block · Gajapati

Randiva gram panchayat

Randiva is a gram panchayat (village council) in R.udayagiri block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 2,751 people in 553 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
2,751
Literacy
35.0%
Area
22.7 km²
LGD code
117543

Villages of Randiva

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Randiba14975033.9%2%93%
Damba7444629.5%0%100%
Khariguma8337026.7%0%96%
Bamanapada7334515.9%0%99%
Laxmipur8033566.0%0%82%
Puruni5928516.2%0%100%
Tangiasahi3421664.8%9%44%
Belagam1450.0%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 Randiva

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,751
1,410 male · 1,341 female
Households
553
about 5.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
35.0%
below R.udayagiri block's villages (48.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
951
below R.udayagiri block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
517
18.8% of residents
Workers
1,445
52.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
33 (1.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,496 (90.7%)

What the 1,445 workers did

  • Cultivators391 (27.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers414 (28.7%)
  • Household industry17 (1.2%)
  • Other work47 (3.3%)
  • Marginal workers576 (39.9%)

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 Randiva

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 23 km², 19% of it sown with crops and 32% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 8
  • Middle school1 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump6 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 8
  • Public bus1 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Ragi (1), Maize (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 R.udayagiri block

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