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Gram panchayat · Sukinda block · Jajpur

Atta gram panchayat

Atta is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sukinda block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 3,246 people in 696 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
3,246
Literacy
81.9%
Area
6.6 km²
LGD code
118491

Villages of Atta

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Atta6963,24681.9%30%2%

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 Atta

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,246
1,653 male · 1,593 female
Households
696
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.9%
above Sukinda block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
964
about the same as Sukinda block's villages (964)
Children aged 0–6
415
12.8% of residents
Workers
897
27.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
961 (29.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
63 (1.9%)

What the 897 workers did

  • Cultivators120 (13.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers97 (10.8%)
  • Household industry124 (13.8%)
  • Other work312 (34.8%)
  • Marginal workers244 (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 Atta

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 7 km², 42% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

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 pump0 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat0 of 1
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Coconut (1), Biri (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 Sukinda block

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