Gram panchayat · Erasama block · Jagatsinghpur

Gada gram panchayat

Gada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 8,221 people in 1,851 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 8,221
Literacy: 81.1%
Area: 23.2 km²
LGD code: 118100

Villages of Gada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Goda	331	1,572	85.1%	15%	0%
Ghosaghar	184	843	77.2%	37%	0%
Salio	203	795	80.1%	19%	0%
Kunarbedi	173	787	84.9%	29%	0%
Rajapur	157	669	77.0%	48%	0%
Jasapur	140	596	86.4%	10%	0%
Birakishorpur	135	572	76.8%	4%	0%
Aunri	119	558	74.7%	19%	0%
Kadalibari	96	485	85.7%	0%	0%
Gateswarpur	106	431	84.1%	3%	0%
Machhapada	91	421	80.0%	24%	0%
Biswanathpur	47	196	76.5%	0%	0%
Sovapata	42	186	81.3%	16%	0%
Padanapur	27	110	67.7%	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 Gada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,221; 4,054 male · 4,167 female
Households: 1,851; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 81.1%; below Erasama block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,028; above Erasama block's villages (990)
Children aged 0–6: 828; 10.1% of residents
Workers: 3,817; 46.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,586 (19.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 0 (0.0%)

What the 3,817 workers did

Cultivators1,467 (38.4%)
Agricultural labourers684 (17.9%)
Household industry52 (1.4%)
Other work427 (11.2%)
Marginal workers1,187 (31.1%)

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 Gada

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 23 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 14
Middle school6 of 14
Secondary school3 of 14
Senior secondary school1 of 14
Degree college1 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre1 of 14
Anganwadi centre13 of 14

Water & power

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

Roads & transport

All-weather road13 of 14
Public bus6 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 haat3 of 14

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 2
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13). Handicrafts: Furnitures (5), Basket Weaver (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 Erasama block

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