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Gram panchayat · Jagannathprasad block · Ganjam

Rudhapadar gram panchayat

Rudhapadar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jagannathprasad block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 3,922 people in 965 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhanjanagar assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
3,922
Literacy
69.1%
Area
19.6 km²
LGD code
117805

Villages of Rudhapadar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rudhapadar2801,18281.4%50%39%
Badagunduri Badi24597661.0%28%9%
Bhogara12950759.4%55%38%
Kadaligada9736574.0%22%27%
Kathapatani4419587.8%0%100%
Ghogoda4016039.2%1%97%
Badabhumi3213551.7%11%85%
Siuli2911072.5%0%99%
Narayanaprasad2710982.6%0%100%
Naragadu2410245.7%0%95%
Narabadi188183.3%0%96%

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 Rudhapadar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,922
1,983 male · 1,939 female
Households
965
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.1%
below Jagannathprasad block's villages (74.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
978
below Jagannathprasad block's villages (990)
Children aged 0–6
534
13.6% of residents
Workers
2,436
62.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,237 (31.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,699 (43.3%)

What the 2,436 workers did

  • Cultivators472 (19.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers827 (33.9%)
  • Household industry123 (5.0%)
  • Other work451 (18.5%)
  • Marginal workers563 (23.1%)

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 Rudhapadar

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 20 km², 25% of it sown with crops and 21% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 11
  • Middle school2 of 11
  • Secondary school0 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre1 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump9 of 11
  • Electricity for homes3 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 11
  • Public bus1 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 11
  • Weekly haat6 of 11
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (11).

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 Jagannathprasad block

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