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Gram panchayat · Sanakhemundi block · Ganjam

Taptapani Govindapur gram panchayat

Taptapani Govindapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sanakhemundi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 6,210 people in 1,312 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
20
Population (2011)
6,210
Literacy
40.6%
Area
43.4 km²
LGD code
117993

Villages of Taptapani Govindapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dasaipur2591,30651.8%8%51%
Katapalli19888437.4%1%70%
Khemundikhola8646948.7%0%100%
Gobindapur10443069.6%41%0%
Dhimiripalli9742720.9%12%61%
Belagada8040432.9%5%80%
Kaliburai7940044.2%0%98%
Samantarapur8338639.4%10%2%
Nuagam6527643.8%4%0%
Damapur502203.7%9%83%
Khaparabad4122057.9%0%100%
Narendrapur4017910.1%0%76%
Palukhola3416845.1%7%93%
Dutiyagundiriguda2213219.3%0%100%
Barigam301162.9%0%98%
Jakara208914.7%0%100%
Laxminarayanpur125975.0%100%0%
Khaparaganda124511.4%0%98%
Sampadauninhabited00–––
Maulapadauninhabited–––––

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 Taptapani Govindapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,210
3,028 male · 3,182 female
Households
1,312
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
40.6%
below Sanakhemundi block's villages (63.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,051
above Sanakhemundi block's villages (960)
Children aged 0–6
1,019
16.4% of residents
Workers
3,307
53.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
503 (8.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,802 (61.2%)

What the 3,307 workers did

  • Cultivators1,204 (36.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers509 (15.4%)
  • Household industry8 (0.2%)
  • Other work165 (5.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,421 (43.0%)

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 Taptapani Govindapur

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 19 villages cover 43 km², 51% of it sown with crops and 21% forest.

Education

  • Primary school13 of 18
  • Middle school2 of 18
  • Secondary school2 of 18
  • Senior secondary school0 of 18
  • Degree college0 of 18

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 18
  • Health sub-centre2 of 18
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 18

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 18
  • Hand pump15 of 18
  • Electricity for homes16 of 18

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 18
  • Public bus4 of 18
  • Mobile phone coverage16 of 18

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 18
  • Commercial bank0 of 18
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 18
  • Weekly haat0 of 18
Primary schools
17
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Maize (16), Moong (16), Cashewnut (2), Ragi (1), Cashew Nut (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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