Gram panchayat · Dasarathapur block · Jajpur
Jafarpur gram panchayat
Jafarpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dasarathapur block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,664 people in 899 households at the 2011 census.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 3,664
- Literacy
- 81.6%
- Area
- 2.2 km²
- LGD code
- 275205
Villages of Jafarpur
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 Jafarpur
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 3,664
- 1,850 male · 1,814 female
- Households
- 899
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 81.6%
- below Dasarathapur block's villages (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 981
- below Dasarathapur block's villages (1,011)
- Children aged 0–6
- 452
- 12.3% of residents
- Workers
- 1,076
- 29.4% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,005 (54.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 17 (0.5%)
What the 1,076 workers did
- Cultivators95 (8.8%)
- Agricultural labourers530 (49.3%)
- Household industry16 (1.5%)
- Other work186 (17.3%)
- Marginal workers249 (23.1%)
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 Jafarpur
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 2 km², 67% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school2 of 2
- Secondary school0 of 2
- Senior secondary school0 of 2
- Degree college0 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 road2 of 2
- Public bus0 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office0 of 2
- Commercial bank0 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
- Weekly haat0 of 2
- Primary schools
- 2
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 0
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Black Gram (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 Dasarathapur block
- Akarpada
- Asanpur
- Bihari
- Birajapur
- Biripata
- Biruan
- Champeipal
- Chasakhanda
- Chhanchina
- Chhitalo
- Dahanihata
- Dasarathpur
- Duduranta
- Duttapur
- Ejapur
- Gopalpur
- Gramanandipur
- Jayantra
- Kamardihi
- Kanikapada
- Kaspa
- Katikata
- Kayan
- Khandara
- Khannagar
- Mallikapur
- Mangalapur
- Nizampur
- Palatpur
- Rahasoi
- Susua
- Taliha
- Tarapada
- Thalkudi
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Jafarpur? Share it with us.