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Gram panchayat · Erasama block · Jagatsinghpur

Gadabishunupur gram panchayat

Gadabishunupur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 5,915 people in 1,272 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
5,915
Literacy
78.0%
Area
18.2 km²
LGD code
118101

Villages of Gadabishunupur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khatikolada4171,95974.2%15%0%
Gadabishunpur4131,95476.3%23%0%
Talanga15373781.8%18%0%
Gopalpur10545686.7%6%0%
Biswanathapur8940582.3%0%0%
Dharijan9540482.7%21%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 Gadabishunupur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,915
2,978 male · 2,937 female
Households
1,272
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.0%
below Erasama block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
986
about the same as Erasama block's villages (990)
Children aged 0–6
734
12.4% of residents
Workers
3,036
51.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
994 (16.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 3,036 workers did

  • Cultivators1,047 (34.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers331 (10.9%)
  • Household industry23 (0.8%)
  • Other work324 (10.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,311 (43.2%)

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 Gadabishunupur

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 18 km², 66% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6). Handicrafts: Earthern Pots (1), Furnitures (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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