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Gram panchayat · Korei block · Jajpur

Asanjhar gram panchayat

Asanjhar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Korei block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,078 people in 874 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,078
Literacy
83.3%
Area
8.5 km²
LGD code
118442

Villages of Asanjhar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Solabandi2621,10889.8%7%0%
Asanjhar2281,04065.6%17%54%
Ramakrishnapur13964790.3%26%0%
Bachhipur9048890.0%0%0%
Raghupur7137588.9%0%0%
Belada5026582.9%26%0%
Sunachara3415592.6%21%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 Asanjhar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,078
2,081 male · 1,997 female
Households
874
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.3%
about the same as Korei block's villages (82.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
960
about the same as Korei block's villages (961)
Children aged 0–6
487
11.9% of residents
Workers
1,151
28.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
524 (12.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
568 (13.9%)

What the 1,151 workers did

  • Cultivators443 (38.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers334 (29.0%)
  • Household industry7 (0.6%)
  • Other work171 (14.9%)
  • Marginal workers196 (17.0%)

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 Asanjhar

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 9 km², 61% of it sown with crops and 4% 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-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 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
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).

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 Korei block

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