Gram panchayat · Sheragada block · Ganjam
Tahara gram panchayat
Tahara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sheragada block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,039 people in 846 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Hinjili assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 4,039
- Literacy
- 71.5%
- Area
- 5.1 km²
- LGD code
- 118013
Villages of Tahara
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 Tahara
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,039
- 1,937 male · 2,102 female
- Households
- 846
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 71.5%
- above Sheragada block's villages (68.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,085
- above Sheragada block's villages (967)
- Children aged 0–6
- 548
- 13.6% of residents
- Workers
- 1,517
- 37.6% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,318 (32.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,517 workers did
- Cultivators524 (34.5%)
- Agricultural labourers158 (10.4%)
- Household industry9 (0.6%)
- Other work177 (11.7%)
- Marginal workers649 (42.8%)
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 Tahara
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 5 km², 77% 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-centre0 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 bus0 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 2
- Commercial bank0 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
- Weekly haat0 of 2
- Primary schools
- 4
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Ragi (2), Vegetable (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 Sheragada block
- Alarigada
- Bandhaguda
- Bara Mundali
- Brahamanchai
- Dengapadar
- Dhabalpur
- Dhantara
- Gothagam
- Govindapur
- Karadakana
- Khirida
- Krushnachai
- Kulagada
- Kumarpani
- Kurula
- Mahupadar
- Narendrapur
- Pitala
- Sharagada
- Takarada
- Thuruburai
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Tahara? Share it with us.