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Gram panchayat · Badchana block · Jajpur

Majhipada gram panchayat

Majhipada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badchana block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,068 people in 1,194 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Barchana assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
5,068
Literacy
76.7%
Area
11.1 km²
LGD code
118260

Villages of Majhipada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Majhipada7923,43780.2%16%8%
Chandia4021,63169.4%32%10%

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 Majhipada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,068
2,599 male · 2,469 female
Households
1,194
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.7%
below Badchana block's villages (79.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
950
about the same as Badchana block's villages (959)
Children aged 0–6
572
11.3% of residents
Workers
1,561
30.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,078 (21.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
430 (8.5%)

What the 1,561 workers did

  • Cultivators452 (29.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers327 (20.9%)
  • Household industry28 (1.8%)
  • Other work318 (20.4%)
  • Marginal workers436 (27.9%)

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 Majhipada

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 11 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school2 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (1), Rabi Crops (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 Badchana block

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