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Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Abhayapur gram panchayat

Abhayapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,203 people in 1,116 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
5,203
Literacy
82.1%
Area
2.8 km²
LGD code
118327

Villages of Abhayapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Achhutapur2741,28588.3%6%0%
Abhayapur2351,14974.9%9%21%
Niladeipur16370687.3%29%0%
Mangarajpur13966278.0%14%0%
Sebatipur13258776.4%34%0%
Digambarpur8141386.7%0%0%
Ratanpur9240183.9%30%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 Abhayapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,203
2,676 male · 2,527 female
Households
1,116
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
82.1%
above Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
944
below Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
563
10.8% of residents
Workers
1,570
30.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
799 (15.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
236 (4.5%)

What the 1,570 workers did

  • Cultivators225 (14.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers217 (13.8%)
  • Household industry32 (2.0%)
  • Other work528 (33.6%)
  • Marginal workers568 (36.2%)

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 Abhayapur

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 3 km², 67% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 7
  • Middle school4 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump6 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Vegetables (3), Sugarcane (2), Ground Nuts (2), Blackwhatnut (2), Vegitable (1), Black What Nut (1), Sugar Cane (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 Dahrmasala block

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