Gram panchayat · Erasama block · Jagatsinghpur

Krushnachandrapur gram panchayat

Krushnachandrapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 8,229 people in 2,040 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 8,229
Literacy: 88.3%
Area: 15.7 km²
LGD code: 118106

Villages of Krushnachandrapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bhiranga	327	1,251	91.3%	24%	0%
Manapur	277	1,166	84.0%	19%	0%
Kothi	200	796	86.6%	25%	0%
Nimola	195	751	92.3%	26%	0%
Oranal	154	690	83.6%	17%	0%
Talakusuma	151	654	93.7%	30%	0%
Atimati	133	586	84.8%	30%	0%
Krushnachandrapur	140	513	86.0%	26%	0%
Arada	94	426	94.6%	9%	0%
Chandraghati	81	278	86.2%	6%	0%
Naiguan	71	259	87.3%	54%	0%
Bhayalo	62	241	85.6%	44%	0%
Raijanga	53	211	93.1%	7%	0%
Gangadharpur	55	183	82.2%	3%	0%
Asarana	32	164	93.3%	9%	0%
Saramula	9	37	97.1%	5%	0%
Sanakolar	6	23	85.0%	0%	0%
Badakolar	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 Krushnachandrapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,229; 4,059 male · 4,170 female
Households: 2,040; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 88.3%; above Erasama block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,027; above Erasama block's villages (990)
Children aged 0–6: 765; 9.3% of residents
Workers: 2,786; 33.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,886 (22.9%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2 (0.0%)

What the 2,786 workers did

Cultivators994 (35.7%)
Agricultural labourers460 (16.5%)
Household industry49 (1.8%)
Other work653 (23.4%)
Marginal workers630 (22.6%)

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 Krushnachandrapur

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 16 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 17
Middle school8 of 17
Secondary school4 of 17
Senior secondary school3 of 17
Degree college1 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre1 of 17
Anganwadi centre14 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump17 of 17
Electricity for homes17 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 17
Public bus2 of 17
Mobile phone coverage17 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop6 of 17
Weekly haat2 of 17

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 9
Secondary schools: 8
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14).

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.

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