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Gram panchayat · Kukudakhandi block · Ganjam

Lathi gram panchayat

Lathi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kukudakhandi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 9,408 people in 1,821 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Digapahandi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
9,408
Literacy
60.7%
Area
8.7 km²
LGD code
117868

Villages of Lathi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Lathi1,2246,48159.5%13%0%
Bendalia5972,92763.3%53%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 Lathi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,408
4,816 male · 4,592 female
Households
1,821
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.7%
below Kukudakhandi block's villages (64.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
953
about the same as Kukudakhandi block's villages (954)
Children aged 0–6
1,120
11.9% of residents
Workers
3,825
40.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,395 (25.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 3,825 workers did

  • Cultivators361 (9.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,035 (27.1%)
  • Household industry195 (5.1%)
  • Other work1,828 (47.8%)
  • Marginal workers406 (10.6%)

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 Lathi

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 9 km², 81% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre2 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus1 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank1 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (2), Ragi (2).

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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