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Gram panchayat · Buguda block · Ganjam

Gollia gram panchayat

Gollia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Buguda block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 8,364 people in 1,774 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Polasara assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
8,364
Literacy
68.0%
Area
16.6 km²
LGD code
117662

Villages of Gollia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Golia1,1405,41872.9%21%1%
Chirikipada3391,57752.9%19%0%
Kusapalli2441,17472.1%10%0%
Talasara5119533.0%0%97%

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 Gollia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,364
4,360 male · 4,004 female
Households
1,774
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.0%
below Buguda block's villages (72.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
918
below Buguda block's villages (1,024)
Children aged 0–6
986
11.8% of residents
Workers
3,744
44.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,553 (18.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
258 (3.1%)

What the 3,744 workers did

  • Cultivators481 (12.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers127 (3.4%)
  • Household industry26 (0.7%)
  • Other work870 (23.2%)
  • Marginal workers2,240 (59.8%)

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 Gollia

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 17 km², 63% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 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 road2 of 4
  • Public bus1 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 haat1 of 4
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
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 Buguda block

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