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Gram panchayat · Polosara block · Ganjam

Mandar gram panchayat

Mandar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Polosara block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,484 people in 1,061 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Polasara assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
5,484
Literacy
75.7%
Area
8.8 km²
LGD code
117917

Villages of Mandar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mandara8144,22876.6%11%0%
Malatibadi2471,25672.9%35%11%
Nimakaniapalliuninhabited00–––

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 Mandar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,484
2,896 male · 2,588 female
Households
1,061
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.7%
above Polosara block's villages (69.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
894
below Polosara block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6
624
11.4% of residents
Workers
2,282
41.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
912 (16.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
149 (2.7%)

What the 2,282 workers did

  • Cultivators513 (22.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers519 (22.7%)
  • Household industry37 (1.6%)
  • Other work401 (17.6%)
  • Marginal workers812 (35.6%)

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 Mandar

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 3 villages cover 9 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

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-centre1 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 road1 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2), Groundnut (1), Til (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 Polosara block

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