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Gram panchayat · Kujang block · Jagatsinghpur

Paradeepgarh gram panchayat

Paradeepgarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kujang block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 6,877 people in 1,458 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paradeep assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
6,877
Literacy
85.1%
Area
14.3 km²
LGD code
118167

Villages of Paradeepgarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rangiagarh4302,06888.2%21%1%
Udayabata4491,95378.7%6%1%
Nimidhihi2611,37187.2%11%0%
Katakulla18289087.1%5%0%
Niharuni7231481.9%17%0%
Niharunikandha5825192.5%22%0%
Chauliapalanda63091.7%0%0%
Chaukimatha00–––
Paradipgarh (CT)–––––

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 Paradeepgarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,877
3,550 male · 3,327 female
Households
1,458
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.1%
below Kujang block's villages (87.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
937
below Kujang block's villages (955)
Children aged 0–6
864
12.6% of residents
Workers
2,512
36.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
840 (12.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
28 (0.4%)

What the 2,512 workers did

  • Cultivators172 (6.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers503 (20.0%)
  • Household industry133 (5.3%)
  • Other work1,165 (46.4%)
  • Marginal workers539 (21.5%)

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 Paradeepgarh

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 14 km², 62% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school0 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump5 of 7
  • Electricity for homes6 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 7
  • Public bus1 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Pulses (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 Kujang block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Paradeepgarh? Share it with us.