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Gram panchayat · Chikiti block · Ganjam

Chandapur gram panchayat

Chandapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Chikiti block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,662 people in 1,021 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chikiti assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
4,662
Literacy
69.9%
Area
10.3 km²
LGD code
117690

Villages of Chandapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chandapur19799977.3%12%0%
Dabhar16076077.3%14%1%
Deuliapada15170472.3%1%0%
Patrachudi12256363.8%17%1%
Sundarada Birachaitanyapur12850376.3%18%0%
Belapanthi7939257.8%1%0%
Bataradapalli3814231.1%0%100%
Kaithapadabadua3113047.5%10%85%
Baidyanalasasan2612281.7%48%0%
Dabharpurusottampur2811786.9%49%0%
Devipur2810044.4%0%100%
Balarampur238866.2%0%80%
Haripurpalli62314.3%0%100%
Khajuripada41913.3%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 Chandapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,662
2,268 male · 2,394 female
Households
1,021
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.9%
above Chikiti block's villages (63.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,056
above Chikiti block's villages (1,022)
Children aged 0–6
583
12.5% of residents
Workers
2,478
53.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
558 (12.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
473 (10.1%)

What the 2,478 workers did

  • Cultivators149 (6.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers445 (18.0%)
  • Household industry32 (1.3%)
  • Other work459 (18.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,393 (56.2%)

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 Chandapur

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 10 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 14
  • Middle school2 of 14
  • Secondary school0 of 14
  • Senior secondary school1 of 14
  • Degree college0 of 14

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 14
  • Health sub-centre0 of 14
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 14

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 14
  • Hand pump14 of 14
  • Electricity for homes13 of 14

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 14
  • Public bus0 of 14
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 14

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 14
  • Commercial bank0 of 14
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 14
  • Weekly haat0 of 14
Primary schools
13
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Pulses (14), Til (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 Chikiti block

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