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Gram panchayat · Sanakhemundi block · Ganjam

Padmapur gram panchayat

Padmapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sanakhemundi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 2,912 people in 634 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
2,912
Literacy
46.8%
Area
12.3 km²
LGD code
275084

Villages of Padmapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Padmapur2681,13962.9%27%0%
Buguda13165829.4%9%53%
Talapur13565255.2%2%0%
Bhagabanapur5126521.0%0%0%
Manipur2410216.7%100%0%
Brundabanpur259614.1%45%9%
Limapalliuninhabited00–––

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 Padmapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,912
1,473 male · 1,439 female
Households
634
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
46.8%
below Sanakhemundi block's villages (63.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
977
above Sanakhemundi block's villages (960)
Children aged 0–6
368
12.6% of residents
Workers
1,558
53.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
527 (18.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
355 (12.2%)

What the 1,558 workers did

  • Cultivators249 (16.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers206 (13.2%)
  • Household industry12 (0.8%)
  • Other work209 (13.4%)
  • Marginal workers882 (56.6%)

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 Padmapur

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 7 villages cover 12 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 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-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Maize (4), Moong (4), Ragi (1), Vegetable (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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