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Gram panchayat · Sanakhemundi block · Ganjam

Dengadi gram panchayat

Dengadi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sanakhemundi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 6,225 people in 1,300 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
6,225
Literacy
68.0%
Area
5.3 km²
LGD code
117977

Villages of Dengadi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dengadi7133,38167.6%15%0%
Patharapunji2561,19170.0%12%0%
Lenkakhali2081,04063.6%16%0%
Kabatamunduli12361374.2%12%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 Dengadi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,225
3,190 male · 3,035 female
Households
1,300
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.0%
above Sanakhemundi block's villages (63.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
951
about the same as Sanakhemundi block's villages (960)
Children aged 0–6
782
12.6% of residents
Workers
2,982
47.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
888 (14.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
6 (0.1%)

What the 2,982 workers did

  • Cultivators514 (17.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers373 (12.5%)
  • Household industry87 (2.9%)
  • Other work331 (11.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,677 (56.2%)

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 Dengadi

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 5 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college2 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat2 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
2
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Vegetables (1), Sugarcane (1), Ragi (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 Sanakhemundi block

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