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Gram panchayat · Danagadi block · Jajpur

Chitri gram panchayat

Chitri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Danagadi block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,102 people in 1,165 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sukinda assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
5,102
Literacy
75.6%
Area
9.9 km²
LGD code
118368

Villages of Chitri

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chitri8343,75975.4%10%27%
Tolkani3311,34376.3%9%24%

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 Chitri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,102
2,602 male · 2,500 female
Households
1,165
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.6%
above Danagadi block's villages (68.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
961
about the same as Danagadi block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
712
14.0% of residents
Workers
1,834
35.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
504 (9.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,339 (26.2%)

What the 1,834 workers did

  • Cultivators466 (25.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers362 (19.7%)
  • Household industry11 (0.6%)
  • Other work497 (27.1%)
  • Marginal workers498 (27.2%)

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 Chitri

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 10 km², 51% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college1 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump0 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat2 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (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 Danagadi block

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