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Gram panchayat · Korei block · Jajpur

Pataranga gram panchayat

Pataranga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Korei block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,685 people in 957 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,685
Literacy
72.6%
Area
30.5 km²
LGD code
275229

Villages of Pataranga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Pataranga3471,71082.0%20%11%
Gohiragadia2321,18073.0%18%35%
Ashokjhar15671943.8%32%57%
Aranyamadana9446081.4%4%38%
Uparagarh7032458.2%20%65%
Mandapada4422383.2%60%37%
Itapur146998.4%16%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 Pataranga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,685
2,365 male · 2,320 female
Households
957
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.6%
below Korei block's villages (82.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
981
above Korei block's villages (961)
Children aged 0–6
623
13.3% of residents
Workers
1,941
41.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,015 (21.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,474 (31.5%)

What the 1,941 workers did

  • Cultivators537 (27.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers579 (29.8%)
  • Household industry27 (1.4%)
  • Other work196 (10.1%)
  • Marginal workers602 (31.0%)

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 Pataranga

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 30 km², 46% of it sown with crops and 13% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school7 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump0 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus2 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
10
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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