Gram panchayat · Kukudakhandi block · Ganjam

Kankia gram panchayat

Kankia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kukudakhandi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 2,796 people in 689 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Digapahandi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 2,796
Literacy: 51.7%
Area: 35.9 km²
LGD code: 117866

Villages of Kankia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kankya	217	973	68.0%	32%	62%
Khandalbandho	92	360	40.4%	0%	99%
Sarakatia	78	326	61.4%	0%	99%
Baniamari	51	193	19.0%	0%	99%
Rampalli	45	190	41.4%	0%	98%
Ramadihauninhabited	42	165	55.4%	0%	100%
Betajhari	29	128	2.7%	0%	100%
Karanjai	32	104	74.0%	0%	100%
Koilikoute	28	98	7.5%	0%	100%
Bhaliyaguda	24	83	51.3%	0%	100%
Raipada	20	72	65.6%	0%	100%
Surabadi	19	60	24.0%	0%	97%
Badasulia	10	37	77.1%	0%	100%
Nuagaon	2	7	0.0%	0%	100%
Badigam	0	0	–	–	–
Baradhangadauninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Jamasuliauninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Madhuriuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Mahurigadauninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Padikuauninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Puttasuliauninhabited	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 Kankia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 2,796; 1,418 male · 1,378 female
Households: 689; about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 51.7%; below Kukudakhandi block's villages (64.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 972; above Kukudakhandi block's villages (954)
Children aged 0–6: 370; 13.2% of residents
Workers: 1,527; 54.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 311 (11.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,415 (86.4%)

What the 1,527 workers did

Cultivators127 (8.3%)
Agricultural labourers431 (28.2%)
Household industry7 (0.5%)
Other work254 (16.6%)
Marginal workers708 (46.4%)

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 Kankia

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 21 villages cover 36 km², 33% of it sown with crops and 38% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 14
Middle school1 of 14
Secondary school0 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre3 of 14
Anganwadi centre5 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump10 of 14
Electricity for homes12 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 14
Public bus1 of 14
Mobile phone coverage9 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 14
Weekly haat0 of 14

Primary schools: 9
Middle schools: 1
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Ragi (7), Pulses (6), Corn (5), Maize (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 Kukudakhandi block

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