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Gram panchayat · Badchana block · Jajpur

Raipur gram panchayat

Raipur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badchana block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,650 people in 1,467 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Barchana assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
5,650
Literacy
75.5%
Area
5.2 km²
LGD code
118265

Villages of Raipur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ramadaspur9583,70677.6%37%0%
Raipur5091,94471.5%44%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 Raipur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,650
2,875 male · 2,775 female
Households
1,467
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.5%
below Badchana block's villages (79.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
965
about the same as Badchana block's villages (959)
Children aged 0–6
641
11.3% of residents
Workers
1,768
31.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,242 (39.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,768 workers did

  • Cultivators394 (22.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers516 (29.2%)
  • Household industry16 (0.9%)
  • Other work352 (19.9%)
  • Marginal workers490 (27.7%)

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 Raipur

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 5 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college1 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 pump0 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus2 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (2).

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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