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Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Marjitapur gram panchayat

Marjitapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 6,664 people in 1,425 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
6,664
Literacy
78.3%
Area
5 km²
LGD code
118350

Villages of Marjitapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Marzitapur1,4256,66478.3%22%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 Marjitapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,664
3,386 male · 3,278 female
Households
1,425
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.3%
below Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
968
about the same as Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
761
11.4% of residents
Workers
2,135
32.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,449 (21.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
7 (0.1%)

What the 2,135 workers did

  • Cultivators202 (9.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers394 (18.5%)
  • Household industry74 (3.5%)
  • Other work1,206 (56.5%)
  • Marginal workers259 (12.1%)

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 Marjitapur

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 5 km², 63% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank1 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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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