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Gram panchayat · Khallikote block · Ganjam

Talapada gram panchayat

Talapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khallikote block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,113 people in 1,026 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Khallikote assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
5,113
Literacy
64.6%
Area
14.6 km²
LGD code
117851

Villages of Talapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Talapada5752,96266.3%9%0%
Ambajharanuapalli2931,40159.2%19%3%
Brajarajpur15875068.2%27%0%
Banabanjar00–––
Kanasunauninhabited00–––
Kancharapalliuninhabited00–––
Magurabadiuninhabited00–––
Maharatha billauninhabited00–––

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 Talapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,113
2,625 male · 2,488 female
Households
1,026
about 5.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.6%
below Khallikote block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
948
about the same as Khallikote block's villages (952)
Children aged 0–6
671
13.1% of residents
Workers
2,832
55.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
731 (14.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
46 (0.9%)

What the 2,832 workers did

  • Cultivators458 (16.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers807 (28.5%)
  • Household industry20 (0.7%)
  • Other work147 (5.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,400 (49.4%)

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 Talapada

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 15 km², 84% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus2 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Mandia (3), Ground Nuts (2), Gram (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 Khallikote block

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