Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur
Ambasala gram panchayat
Ambasala is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 4,867 people in 1,159 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 9
- Population (2011)
- 4,867
- Literacy
- 84.6%
- Area
- 9.2 km²
- LGD code
- 118044
Villages of Ambasala
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambasal | 420 | 1,649 | 82.2% | 13% | 0% |
| Nada | 221 | 1,002 | 86.6% | 10% | 0% |
| Mandkeswar | 131 | 552 | 85.3% | 8% | 0% |
| Otharapa | 114 | 487 | 85.9% | 31% | 0% |
| Tihudi | 75 | 366 | 82.6% | 18% | 0% |
| Sasana | 64 | 303 | 89.6% | 4% | 0% |
| Erakana | 69 | 256 | 85.4% | 0% | 0% |
| Phulahar | 61 | 238 | 82.1% | 8% | 0% |
| Bhagabanpur | 4 | 14 | 100.0% | 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 Ambasala
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,867
- 2,464 male · 2,403 female
- Households
- 1,159
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.6%
- about the same as Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 975
- about the same as Balikuda block's villages (971)
- Children aged 0–6
- 468
- 9.6% of residents
- Workers
- 1,749
- 35.9% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 606 (12.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,749 workers did
- Cultivators607 (34.7%)
- Agricultural labourers230 (13.2%)
- Household industry27 (1.5%)
- Other work431 (24.6%)
- Marginal workers454 (26.0%)
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 Ambasala
How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 9 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.
Education
- Primary school7 of 9
- Middle school3 of 9
- Secondary school1 of 9
- Senior secondary school0 of 9
- Degree college0 of 9
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 9
- Health sub-centre1 of 9
- Anganwadi centre7 of 9
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 9
- Hand pump8 of 9
- Electricity for homes9 of 9
Roads & transport
- All-weather road7 of 9
- Public bus1 of 9
- Mobile phone coverage9 of 9
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 9
- Commercial bank0 of 9
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 9
- Weekly haat0 of 9
- Primary schools
- 10
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Vegetables (1), Greengram (1), Pulses (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 Balikuda block
- Adhanga
- Alabol
- Alavar
- 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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