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Gram panchayat · Tirtol block · Jagatsinghpur

Kolar gram panchayat

Kolar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tirtol block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 6,853 people in 1,508 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paradeep assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
6,853
Literacy
89.4%
Area
11.3 km²
LGD code
118223

Villages of Kolar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jaipur3931,69889.9%30%0%
Tartol2241,10187.7%27%0%
Olagada2191,09192.3%30%0%
Kolar16783186.1%45%1%
Raghunathpur10148190.9%25%0%
Adhapati11945690.4%19%0%
Nagapura10844490.5%40%0%
Dhanua9741487.4%12%0%
Patakura8033789.3%9%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 Kolar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,853
3,462 male · 3,391 female
Households
1,508
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
89.4%
about the same as Tirtol block's villages (88.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
979
below Tirtol block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6
625
9.1% of residents
Workers
2,204
32.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,972 (28.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
8 (0.1%)

What the 2,204 workers did

  • Cultivators742 (33.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers274 (12.4%)
  • Household industry67 (3.0%)
  • Other work636 (28.9%)
  • Marginal workers485 (22.0%)

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 Kolar

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 11 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 9
  • Middle school7 of 9
  • Secondary school3 of 9
  • Senior secondary school2 of 9
  • Degree college1 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre2 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus5 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 9
  • Weekly haat6 of 9
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
10
Secondary schools
7
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Biri (8), Ground Nuts (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 Tirtol block

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