Gram panchayat · Erasama block · Jagatsinghpur
Chatua gram panchayat
Chatua is a gram panchayat (village council) in Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 4,096 people in 937 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 9
- Population (2011)
- 4,096
- Literacy
- 86.8%
- Area
- 6.7 km²
- LGD code
- 118097
Villages of Chatua
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatua | 366 | 1,577 | 86.4% | 15% | 0% |
| Nachhipura | 155 | 718 | 83.9% | 5% | 0% |
| Janardanpur | 132 | 500 | 92.5% | 3% | 0% |
| Pokhariapada | 92 | 426 | 85.3% | 13% | 0% |
| Parapada | 71 | 360 | 88.6% | 24% | 0% |
| Manapur | 61 | 263 | 87.9% | 25% | 0% |
| Narendrapur | 50 | 224 | 85.3% | 34% | 0% |
| Arjunkula | 10 | 28 | 88.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Jaganathpur | – | – | – | – | – |
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 Chatua
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,096
- 2,044 male · 2,052 female
- Households
- 937
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.8%
- above Erasama block's villages (84.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,004
- above Erasama block's villages (990)
- Children aged 0–6
- 396
- 9.7% of residents
- Workers
- 1,477
- 36.1% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 570 (13.9%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1 (0.0%)
What the 1,477 workers did
- Cultivators448 (30.3%)
- Agricultural labourers143 (9.7%)
- Household industry48 (3.2%)
- Other work438 (29.7%)
- Marginal workers400 (27.1%)
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 Chatua
How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 7 km², 81% of it sown with crops.
Education
- Primary school6 of 8
- Middle school2 of 8
- Secondary school1 of 8
- Senior secondary school0 of 8
- Degree college0 of 8
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 8
- Health sub-centre1 of 8
- Anganwadi centre6 of 8
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 8
- Hand pump8 of 8
- Electricity for homes8 of 8
Roads & transport
- All-weather road7 of 8
- Public bus0 of 8
- Mobile phone coverage8 of 8
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 8
- Commercial bank0 of 8
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 8
- Weekly haat2 of 8
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).
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 Erasama block
- Ambiki
- Baleipur
- Balitutha
- Bamadeipur
- Bhitarandhari
- Dhinkia
- Erasama
- Gada
- Gadabishunupur
- Gadaharishpur
- Gadakujanga
- Janakadeipur
- Japa
- Krushnachandrapur
- Kunjakothi
- Naradia
- Nuadihi
- Nuagaon
- Padmapur
- Paeda
- Pallikanta
- Pokhiriapada
- Somapur
- Ziralio
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