Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Mahisara gram panchayat

Mahisara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 6,145 people in 1,280 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 13
Population (2011): 6,145
Literacy: 77.7%
Area: 18.1 km²
LGD code: 118349

Villages of Mahisara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dankari	215	949	75.8%	36%	34%
Barda	152	794	72.9%	52%	16%
Jhatiapara	130	688	73.1%	8%	0%
Rampei	156	670	83.4%	6%	0%
Mahisara	148	661	78.9%	48%	0%
Parikhet	100	555	74.5%	26%	21%
Daulatpur	102	496	97.6%	2%	0%
Batijora	71	338	71.3%	20%	36%
Totasingha	61	274	86.8%	24%	0%
Gobareswar	50	239	83.6%	92%	5%
Rahadpur	41	236	57.8%	0%	100%
Ghikoili	43	191	62.1%	0%	90%
Rampur	11	54	96.2%	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 Mahisara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,145; 3,119 male · 3,026 female
Households: 1,280; about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 77.7%; below Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 970; about the same as Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6: 773; 12.6% of residents
Workers: 1,788; 29.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,688 (27.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,101 (17.9%)

What the 1,788 workers did

Cultivators498 (27.9%)
Agricultural labourers624 (34.9%)
Household industry51 (2.9%)
Other work338 (18.9%)
Marginal workers277 (15.5%)

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 Mahisara

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 18 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

Primary school8 of 13
Middle school7 of 13
Secondary school5 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre2 of 13
Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump12 of 13
Electricity for homes11 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road6 of 13
Public bus2 of 13
Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop9 of 13
Weekly haat1 of 13

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13).

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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