Gram panchayat · Tirtol block · Jagatsinghpur

Katara gram panchayat

Katara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tirtol block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 7,015 people in 1,658 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Tirtol assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 7,015
Literacy: 87.1%
Area: 15.3 km²
LGD code: 118222

Villages of Katara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gopalpur	290	1,130	84.5%	41%	0%
Begunia	215	891	84.7%	12%	0%
Mardol	183	839	89.4%	25%	0%
Korakora	212	787	89.4%	24%	0%
Katara	110	541	87.7%	29%	0%
Durda	90	369	90.0%	1%	0%
Susanga	87	355	89.3%	15%	0%
Jajanga	76	328	81.1%	48%	0%
Banbarada	69	309	86.6%	6%	0%
Bandalo	61	275	89.0%	25%	0%
Nahanga	46	244	83.6%	16%	0%
Dhusala	49	228	95.1%	0%	0%
Arijanga	43	187	83.7%	16%	0%
Itanga	47	179	86.3%	17%	0%
Jagannathapur	33	162	88.2%	0%	0%
Kadhanga	33	141	88.6%	38%	0%
Autikiri	14	50	88.1%	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 Katara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,015; 3,553 male · 3,462 female
Households: 1,658; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 87.1%; below Tirtol block's villages (88.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 974; below Tirtol block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6: 634; 9.0% of residents
Workers: 2,541; 36.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,570 (22.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4 (0.1%)

What the 2,541 workers did

Cultivators861 (33.9%)
Agricultural labourers345 (13.6%)
Household industry28 (1.1%)
Other work478 (18.8%)
Marginal workers829 (32.6%)

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 Katara

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 17 villages cover 15 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 17
Middle school5 of 17
Secondary school3 of 17
Senior secondary school0 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre2 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 road1 of 17
Public bus1 of 17
Mobile phone coverage17 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 17
Weekly haat3 of 17

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (1), Mung (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 Tirtol block

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