Gram panchayat · Dharakote block · Ganjam

Jharapari gram panchayat

Jharapari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dharakote block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 4,289 people in 940 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sanakhemundi assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 4,289
Literacy: 68.3%
Area: 16.7 km²
LGD code: 117716

Villages of Jharapari

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Badula	182	933	70.0%	5%	0%
Jharapari	167	813	77.4%	1%	0%
Kesapursasan	175	699	76.8%	36%	0%
Masanibhaga	89	381	60.9%	70%	0%
Machakhayihill	64	290	32.8%	92%	0%
Keruanpalli	62	283	70.9%	0%	0%
Latapalli	41	210	62.0%	51%	27%
Mahulapalli	44	166	63.9%	17%	83%
Patamahi	24	125	56.1%	0%	0%
Gombharia	22	107	57.0%	96%	0%
Kharigudapanchusinghpur	27	104	87.4%	78%	0%
Kanakapalli	15	69	80.6%	0%	83%
Badulapalli	14	53	36.0%	0%	0%
Bhalukholapalli	9	31	55.6%	0%	100%
Bhumidhimirapalli	5	25	88.9%	0%	64%
Binjhagiriuninhabited	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 Jharapari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,289; 2,169 male · 2,120 female
Households: 940; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 68.3%; above Dharakote block's villages (63.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 977; below Dharakote block's villages (1,017)
Children aged 0–6: 530; 12.4% of residents
Workers: 1,655; 38.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,164 (27.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 298 (6.9%)

What the 1,655 workers did

Cultivators554 (33.5%)
Agricultural labourers327 (19.8%)
Household industry5 (0.3%)
Other work212 (12.8%)
Marginal workers557 (33.7%)

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 Jharapari

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 17 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 15
Middle school2 of 15
Secondary school1 of 15
Senior secondary school0 of 15
Degree college0 of 15

Health

Primary health centre0 of 15
Health sub-centre2 of 15
Anganwadi centre5 of 15

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 15
Hand pump15 of 15
Electricity for homes14 of 15

Roads & transport

All-weather road15 of 15
Public bus0 of 15
Mobile phone coverage12 of 15

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 15
Commercial bank0 of 15
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 15
Weekly haat0 of 15

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15), Pulses (12).

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 Dharakote block

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