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Marlaba gram panchayat

Marlaba is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rayagada block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,340 people in 787 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,340
Literacy
42.9%
Area
60.5 km²
LGD code
117559

Villages of Marlaba

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tabarasingi2641,06642.7%0%85%
Pekata2321,06243.1%0%99%
Marlaba23098344.4%1%45%
Putisahi6122935.8%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 Marlaba

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,340
1,577 male · 1,763 female
Households
787
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
42.9%
below Rayagada block's villages (47.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,118
above Rayagada block's villages (1,084)
Children aged 0–6
562
16.8% of residents
Workers
1,917
57.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
10 (0.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,624 (78.6%)

What the 1,917 workers did

  • Cultivators272 (14.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers309 (16.1%)
  • Household industry11 (0.6%)
  • Other work81 (4.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,244 (64.9%)

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 Marlaba

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 61 km², 17% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre2 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

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 Rayagada block

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