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Gram panchayat · Biridi block · Jagatsinghpur

Adhanga Majurai gram panchayat

Adhanga Majurai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Biridi block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,520 people in 851 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Tirtol assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,520
Literacy
84.4%
Area
5.1 km²
LGD code
118085

Villages of Adhanga Majurai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Adhangamajurai4451,75981.9%40%0%
Barahpur3161,38485.9%42%0%
Padasahi9037790.4%39%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 Majurai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,520
1,786 male · 1,734 female
Households
851
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.4%
below Biridi block's villages (85.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
971
above Biridi block's villages (961)
Children aged 0–6
333
9.5% of residents
Workers
1,192
33.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,421 (40.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,192 workers did

  • Cultivators99 (8.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers76 (6.4%)
  • Household industry15 (1.3%)
  • Other work289 (24.2%)
  • Marginal workers713 (59.8%)

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 Adhanga Majurai

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 5 km², 86% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school0 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2).

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 Biridi block

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