Gram panchayat · Jajpur block · Jajpur
Maheswarpur gram panchayat
Maheswarpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jajpur block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 8,477 people in 1,830 households at the 2011 census.
- Villages
- 10
- Population (2011)
- 8,477
- Literacy
- 82.4%
- Area
- 8.7 km²
- LGD code
- 118427
Villages of Maheswarpur
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purusottampur | 386 | 1,733 | 88.9% | 44% | 1% |
| Maheswar Pur | 364 | 1,668 | 83.4% | 43% | 3% |
| Bramhan bachhapur | 213 | 1,122 | 81.4% | 29% | 0% |
| Kabirpur | 200 | 803 | 78.1% | 36% | 0% |
| Gopinathpur | 145 | 759 | 76.7% | 3% | 0% |
| Jaypur | 150 | 647 | 76.8% | 19% | 1% |
| Nischinta | 115 | 566 | 81.4% | 28% | 0% |
| Benipur | 101 | 486 | 81.2% | 49% | 1% |
| Jagadishpur | 78 | 359 | 79.6% | 52% | 0% |
| Mirpatana | 78 | 334 | 85.7% | 38% | 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 Maheswarpur
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 8,477
- 4,390 male · 4,087 female
- Households
- 1,830
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.4%
- about the same as Jajpur block's villages (82.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 931
- below Jajpur block's villages (954)
- Children aged 0–6
- 825
- 9.7% of residents
- Workers
- 2,783
- 32.8% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,955 (34.9%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 75 (0.9%)
What the 2,783 workers did
- Cultivators490 (17.6%)
- Agricultural labourers609 (21.9%)
- Household industry57 (2.0%)
- Other work941 (33.8%)
- Marginal workers686 (24.6%)
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 Maheswarpur
How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 9 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.
Education
- Primary school8 of 10
- Middle school8 of 10
- Secondary school3 of 10
- Senior secondary school0 of 10
- Degree college0 of 10
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 10
- Health sub-centre1 of 10
- Anganwadi centre10 of 10
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 10
- Hand pump10 of 10
- Electricity for homes10 of 10
Roads & transport
- All-weather road9 of 10
- Public bus2 of 10
- Mobile phone coverage10 of 10
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 10
- Commercial bank0 of 10
- Ration (PDS) shop4 of 10
- Weekly haat0 of 10
- Primary schools
- 9
- Middle schools
- 8
- Secondary schools
- 3
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Ground Nuts (9), Vegetable (4), Vegetables (1), Ground Nut (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 Jajpur block
- Badasuar
- Basudevpur
- Beruda
- Bhubaneswarpur
- Bhuinpur
- Bichitrapur
- Chainipur
- Chhatisdevil
- Erbank
- Jafarpur
- Jahanpur
- Jamdhar
- Jhalpada
- Khairabad
- Malandapur
- Markandapur
- Nathasahi
- Panasa
- Rudrapur
- Sahaspur
- Sanasuar
- Shyamadaspur
- Similia
- Sujanpur
- Uparbaruhan
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