Gram panchayat · Chikiti block · Ganjam

Ramachandrapur gram panchayat

Ramachandrapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Chikiti block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 26 villages, home to 10,112 people in 2,213 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chikiti assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 26
Population (2011): 10,112
Literacy: 67.9%
Area: 22.7 km²
LGD code: 117703

Villages of Ramachandrapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Ramachandrapur	255	1,168	67.4%	14%	10%
Jagamohanpur	217	1,154	75.8%	9%	0%
Chandapur	220	1,033	75.6%	9%	3%
Badapalanka	214	944	64.8%	21%	1%
Olapur	197	831	58.9%	72%	1%
Dalapalanka	141	667	40.4%	22%	0%
Dhanaghar	135	603	90.8%	9%	11%
Kusabadigopinathpur	133	559	65.7%	66%	0%
Radhamohanpur	90	488	76.7%	0%	9%
Kharadhar	98	412	47.8%	21%	0%
Ramapur	79	384	67.8%	4%	0%
Kashmirsasan	88	337	57.8%	18%	0%
Gobindchandrapur	63	335	87.2%	5%	8%
Khajuria	41	222	87.2%	19%	0%
Tentuliakulamanipur	43	195	82.0%	1%	0%
Laubadi	44	192	77.0%	56%	0%
Ramaguda	45	177	62.5%	10%	88%
Mukutapur	32	111	80.6%	49%	0%
Uparaharidabadi	24	91	36.3%	0%	99%
Totagam	18	78	29.9%	0%	100%
Talaharidabadi	20	73	27.8%	0%	99%
Nakamudia	16	58	47.1%	0%	100%
Baghamari	0	0	–	–	–
Bhusapadar	0	0	–	–	–
Medinipur	0	0	–	–	–
Rajamanipur	0	0	–	–	–

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 Ramachandrapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 10,112; 4,938 male · 5,174 female
Households: 2,213; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 67.9%; above Chikiti block's villages (63.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,048; above Chikiti block's villages (1,022)
Children aged 0–6: 1,266; 12.5% of residents
Workers: 4,706; 46.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,127 (21.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 745 (7.4%)

What the 4,706 workers did

Cultivators474 (10.1%)
Agricultural labourers525 (11.2%)
Household industry130 (2.8%)
Other work914 (19.4%)
Marginal workers2,663 (56.6%)

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 Ramachandrapur

How many of the 22 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 26 villages cover 23 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

Primary school21 of 22
Middle school5 of 22
Secondary school1 of 22
Senior secondary school0 of 22
Degree college0 of 22

Health

Primary health centre0 of 22
Health sub-centre1 of 22
Anganwadi centre16 of 22

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 22
Hand pump22 of 22
Electricity for homes22 of 22

Roads & transport

All-weather road22 of 22
Public bus0 of 22
Mobile phone coverage21 of 22

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 22
Commercial bank0 of 22
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 22
Weekly haat0 of 22

Primary schools: 24
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (22), Pulses (5), Til (5), Ragi (4), Greengram (2), Gram (2), Moong (1), Corn (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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