Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur
Marichpur gram panchayat
Marichpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,327 people in 1,212 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 7
- Population (2011)
- 5,327
- Literacy
- 84.3%
- Area
- 16.3 km²
- LGD code
- 118060
Villages of Marichpur
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanuhar Belari | 508 | 2,419 | 81.6% | 31% | 1% |
| Marichipur | 414 | 1,734 | 84.3% | 53% | 0% |
| Ichhapur | 148 | 585 | 95.0% | 3% | 0% |
| Barabatia | 72 | 308 | 78.0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mankadakhia | 70 | 281 | 92.9% | 4% | 0% |
| Badabali | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Badabali UI | 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 Marichpur
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,327
- 2,760 male · 2,567 female
- Households
- 1,212
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.3%
- about the same as Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 930
- below Balikuda block's villages (971)
- Children aged 0–6
- 487
- 9.1% of residents
- Workers
- 1,732
- 32.5% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,702 (32.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 23 (0.4%)
What the 1,732 workers did
- Cultivators492 (28.4%)
- Agricultural labourers103 (5.9%)
- Household industry24 (1.4%)
- Other work426 (24.6%)
- Marginal workers687 (39.7%)
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 Marichpur
How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 16 km², 59% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.
Education
- Primary school5 of 5
- Middle school2 of 5
- Secondary school2 of 5
- Senior secondary school0 of 5
- Degree college0 of 5
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 5
- Health sub-centre1 of 5
- Anganwadi centre5 of 5
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 5
- Hand pump5 of 5
- Electricity for homes5 of 5
Roads & transport
- All-weather road5 of 5
- Public bus1 of 5
- Mobile phone coverage5 of 5
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 5
- Commercial bank0 of 5
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
- Weekly haat1 of 5
- Primary schools
- 10
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 3
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (2), Ground Nuts (2), Blackgram (2), Pulses (1), Chilli (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
- Ambasala
- Anantapur
- Apandara
- Arilo
- Badagaon
- Baharana
- Balikuda
- Baramundali
- Borikana
- Garam
- Ichhapur
- Kailo
- Khalagaon
- Krushnadaspur
- Kusupur
- Machhagaon
- Mulugaon
- Nagapur
- Naharana
- Osakana
- Rahana
- Sangrampur
- Tandikula
- Tarasahi
- Thailo
- Titira
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