Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur

Krushnadaspur gram panchayat

Krushnadaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 7,059 people in 1,684 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 7,059
Literacy: 87.7%
Area: 8.7 km²
LGD code: 118057

Villages of Krushnadaspur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Singarpur	284	1,153	86.3%	30%	0%
Khankarpur	222	992	90.2%	11%	0%
Rayarpur	229	920	87.7%	16%	0%
Hazipuraliaschasapada	186	788	93.8%	13%	0%
Krushnadaspur	209	734	86.8%	16%	0%
Hajipur	130	589	87.4%	38%	0%
Khanabadi	93	409	87.8%	45%	4%
Katarapada	90	400	75.5%	35%	0%
Benupur	85	357	83.9%	18%	0%
Mundida	70	353	87.0%	16%	0%
Baripada	50	186	95.3%	15%	0%
Debahati	14	90	84.1%	6%	0%
Dighor	19	74	88.2%	0%	0%
Gajilo	3	14	90.9%	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 Krushnadaspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,059; 3,565 male · 3,494 female
Households: 1,684; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 87.7%; above Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 980; about the same as Balikuda block's villages (971)
Children aged 0–6: 644; 9.1% of residents
Workers: 2,295; 32.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,529 (21.7%)
Scheduled Tribes: 18 (0.3%)

What the 2,295 workers did

Cultivators509 (22.2%)
Agricultural labourers236 (10.3%)
Household industry33 (1.4%)
Other work678 (29.5%)
Marginal workers839 (36.6%)

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 Krushnadaspur

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 9 km², 89% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 14
Middle school6 of 14
Secondary school3 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre3 of 14
Anganwadi centre11 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump14 of 14
Electricity for homes14 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 14
Public bus0 of 14
Mobile phone coverage14 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 14
Weekly haat1 of 14

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Pulses (13).

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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