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Gram panchayat · Buguda block · Ganjam

Manitara gram panchayat

Manitara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Buguda block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 8,040 people in 1,935 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Polasara assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
8,040
Literacy
76.3%
Area
19.6 km²
LGD code
117667

Villages of Manitara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Manitara8693,61377.9%19%0%
Nagudu3661,64777.5%13%0%
Bhogoda24599284.6%30%0%
Tambiri21886362.8%34%0%
Makarapalli20882873.6%39%0%
Kandarai257650.0%25%75%
Digi42189.5%100%0%
Kanteihilluninhabited00–––

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 Manitara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,040
4,029 male · 4,011 female
Households
1,935
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.3%
above Buguda block's villages (72.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
996
below Buguda block's villages (1,024)
Children aged 0–6
943
11.7% of residents
Workers
3,673
45.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,856 (23.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
57 (0.7%)

What the 3,673 workers did

  • Cultivators653 (17.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers541 (14.7%)
  • Household industry45 (1.2%)
  • Other work675 (18.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,759 (47.9%)

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 Manitara

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 20 km², 68% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre3 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
3

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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