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Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur

Khalagaon gram panchayat

Khalagaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 2,911 people in 701 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
2,911
Literacy
81.4%
Area
6.1 km²
LGD code
118056

Villages of Khalagaon

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khalagan4891,89376.5%7%0%
Sova2121,01890.2%5%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 Khalagaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,911
1,385 male · 1,526 female
Households
701
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.4%
below Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,102
above Balikuda block's villages (971)
Children aged 0–6
234
8.0% of residents
Workers
961
33.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
177 (6.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 961 workers did

  • Cultivators574 (59.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers80 (8.3%)
  • Household industry23 (2.4%)
  • Other work132 (13.7%)
  • Marginal workers152 (15.8%)

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 Khalagaon

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 6 km², 88% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

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) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (2), Greengram (1), Blackgram (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

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