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Gram panchayat · Polosara block · Ganjam

Kanachai gram panchayat

Kanachai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Polosara block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,734 people in 976 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Polasara assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,734
Literacy
67.6%
Area
6.1 km²
LGD code
117912

Villages of Kanachai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kanachai5102,45071.8%23%0%
Lachipur2531,24354.6%25%31%
Hatipadapalli2131,04172.5%8%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 Kanachai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,734
2,386 male · 2,348 female
Households
976
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.6%
below Polosara block's villages (69.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
984
below Polosara block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6
622
13.1% of residents
Workers
2,130
45.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
949 (20.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
382 (8.1%)

What the 2,130 workers did

  • Cultivators353 (16.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers283 (13.3%)
  • Household industry6 (0.3%)
  • Other work545 (25.6%)
  • Marginal workers943 (44.3%)

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 Kanachai

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 3 villages cover 6 km², 42% of it sown with crops and 0% 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-centre1 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 bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 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
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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 Polosara block

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