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Gram panchayat · Beguniapada block · Ganjam

Ghodapada gram panchayat

Ghodapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Beguniapada block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 1,936 people in 421 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
1,936
Literacy
42.2%
Area
3.8 km²
LGD code
275045

Villages of Ghodapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ghodapada2671,19458.0%25%1%
Dobhabaniauninhabited7334613.4%0%100%
Janamaniuninhabited3921114.8%0%100%
Karandagadauninhabited2812427.8%0%100%
Binchhauninhabited8327.4%0%0%
Padapadauninhabited62912.0%0%100%
Janabiliuninhabited00–––
Naghariadandi (Malatentuliagada)uninhabited00–––

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 Ghodapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,936
963 male · 973 female
Households
421
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
42.2%
below Beguniapada block's villages (66.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,010
above Beguniapada block's villages (987)
Children aged 0–6
289
14.9% of residents
Workers
965
49.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
297 (15.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
723 (37.3%)

What the 965 workers did

  • Cultivators395 (40.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers71 (7.4%)
  • Household industry2 (0.2%)
  • Other work59 (6.1%)
  • Marginal workers438 (45.4%)

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 Ghodapada

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 4 km², 82% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 6
  • Middle school0 of 6
  • Secondary school0 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump5 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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 Beguniapada block

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