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Gram panchayat · Binjharpur block · Jajpur

Kapila gram panchayat

Kapila is a gram panchayat (village council) in Binjharpur block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 6,165 people in 1,410 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
6,165
Literacy
78.5%
Area
11.7 km²
LGD code
118316

Villages of Kapila

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kapila6202,72076.6%43%0%
Ransa4702,08682.0%40%0%
Mandhatapatana17275573.6%60%0%
Talukapada14860481.1%28%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 Kapila

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,165
3,081 male · 3,084 female
Households
1,410
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.5%
below Binjharpur block's villages (82.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,001
below Binjharpur block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
758
12.3% of residents
Workers
1,830
29.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,642 (42.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 1,830 workers did

  • Cultivators383 (20.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers379 (20.7%)
  • Household industry15 (0.8%)
  • Other work419 (22.9%)
  • Marginal workers634 (34.6%)

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 Kapila

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 12 km², 78% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school3 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 pump3 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Pulses (4), Biri (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 Binjharpur block

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