Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur
Adhanga gram panchayat
Adhanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 4,924 people in 1,104 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 8
- Population (2011)
- 4,924
- Literacy
- 85.1%
- Area
- 6.6 km²
- LGD code
- 118041
Villages of Adhanga
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adhang | 274 | 1,269 | 84.7% | 14% | 0% |
| Dagan | 189 | 813 | 80.1% | 41% | 0% |
| Kulada | 147 | 682 | 88.4% | 25% | 0% |
| Khaleri | 136 | 608 | 88.6% | 1% | 0% |
| Kanpur | 131 | 547 | 77.0% | 32% | 0% |
| Jaganathapur | 90 | 385 | 89.2% | 1% | 0% |
| Pariadhanga | 83 | 382 | 88.6% | 53% | 0% |
| Tamplada | 54 | 238 | 93.0% | 0% | 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 Adhanga
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,924
- 2,495 male · 2,429 female
- Households
- 1,104
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.1%
- about the same as Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 974
- about the same as Balikuda block's villages (971)
- Children aged 0–6
- 468
- 9.5% of residents
- Workers
- 1,924
- 39.1% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,067 (21.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,924 workers did
- Cultivators640 (33.3%)
- Agricultural labourers241 (12.5%)
- Household industry25 (1.3%)
- Other work404 (21.0%)
- Marginal workers614 (31.9%)
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 Adhanga
How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 7 km², 69% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school6 of 8
- Middle school4 of 8
- Secondary school4 of 8
- Senior secondary school1 of 8
- Degree college0 of 8
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 8
- Health sub-centre1 of 8
- Anganwadi centre7 of 8
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 8
- Hand pump7 of 8
- Electricity for homes7 of 8
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 8
- Public bus1 of 8
- Mobile phone coverage8 of 8
Services
- Post office or sub post office2 of 8
- Commercial bank0 of 8
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
- Weekly haat0 of 8
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 5
- Secondary schools
- 5
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).
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 Balikuda block
- Alabol
- Alavar
- Ambasala
- Anantapur
- Apandara
- Arilo
- Badagaon
- Baharana
- Balikuda
- Baramundali
- Borikana
- Garam
- Ichhapur
- Kailo
- Khalagaon
- Krushnadaspur
- Kusupur
- Machhagaon
- Marichpur
- Mulugaon
- Nagapur
- Naharana
- Osakana
- Rahana
- Sangrampur
- Tandikula
- Tarasahi
- Thailo
- Titira
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