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Amathpur gram panchayat

Amathpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bari block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,986 people in 1,035 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bari assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,986
Literacy
79.8%
Area
6.2 km²
LGD code
118273

Villages of Amathpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Amath Pur5592,08774.1%60%2%
Kampagarh3101,20186.8%25%1%
Palat Pur14762382.7%26%0%
Asal Pur197598.5%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 Amathpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,986
1,964 male · 2,022 female
Households
1,035
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.8%
below Bari block's villages (80.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,030
above Bari block's villages (1,003)
Children aged 0–6
395
9.9% of residents
Workers
1,245
31.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,727 (43.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
55 (1.4%)

What the 1,245 workers did

  • Cultivators160 (12.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers88 (7.1%)
  • Household industry32 (2.6%)
  • Other work311 (25.0%)
  • Marginal workers654 (52.5%)

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 Amathpur

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 6 km², 67% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump0 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Black Gram (4), Groundnut (4).

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 Bari block

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