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Gourapur gram panchayat

Gourapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Korei block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 5,501 people in 1,199 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
15
Population (2011)
5,501
Literacy
82.2%
Area
14.3 km²
LGD code
118448

Villages of Gourapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tulasipur20393479.4%16%1%
Mangalpur15574270.2%10%65%
Jugala15671788.7%27%0%
Ichhapur13263092.9%21%0%
Gourpur13361480.9%40%4%
Nayahatpatna10743377.0%34%0%
Jugalakana9739479.3%49%23%
Khosalpur5726284.2%62%0%
Sahaspur3520179.8%3%0%
Bainsipur3316385.8%46%0%
Jaintira3715995.8%0%0%
Talia3415087.8%0%0%
Chhanchania136380.7%17%0%
Pandiapada73991.7%0%0%
Natagadia00–––

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 Gourapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,501
2,760 male · 2,741 female
Households
1,199
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
82.2%
about the same as Korei block's villages (82.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
993
above Korei block's villages (961)
Children aged 0–6
642
11.7% of residents
Workers
1,646
29.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,392 (25.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
607 (11.0%)

What the 1,646 workers did

  • Cultivators616 (37.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers460 (27.9%)
  • Household industry38 (2.3%)
  • Other work190 (11.5%)
  • Marginal workers342 (20.8%)

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 Gourapur

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 14 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 14
  • Middle school6 of 14
  • Secondary school2 of 14
  • Senior secondary school0 of 14
  • Degree college0 of 14

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 14
  • Health sub-centre1 of 14
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 14

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 14
  • Hand pump12 of 14
  • Electricity for homes13 of 14

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 14
  • Public bus0 of 14
  • Mobile phone coverage14 of 14

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 14
  • Commercial bank0 of 14
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 14
  • Weekly haat1 of 14
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14).

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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