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Gram panchayat · Mohana block · Gajapati

Manikapur gram panchayat

Manikapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mohana block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 2,185 people in 454 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
2,185
Literacy
57.4%
Area
10.5 km²
LGD code
275049

Villages of Manikapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Govindapur18790957.2%0%24%
Manikapur9948166.1%17%64%
Guburiguda8540350.8%17%73%
Baliganda4422857.5%0%96%
Kamarakhali2713147.6%18%82%
Mahulamelani123345.8%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 Manikapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,185
1,165 male · 1,020 female
Households
454
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.4%
above Mohana block's villages (51.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
876
below Mohana block's villages (1,050)
Children aged 0–6
393
18.0% of residents
Workers
1,135
51.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
176 (8.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,179 (54.0%)

What the 1,135 workers did

  • Cultivators415 (36.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers319 (28.1%)
  • Household industry16 (1.4%)
  • Other work203 (17.9%)
  • Marginal workers182 (16.0%)

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 Manikapur

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 10 km², 34% of it sown with crops and 20% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 6
  • Middle school1 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Maize (6), Horse Gram (2), Red Millets (1), Ragi (1), 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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