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Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Gangadharpur gram panchayat

Gangadharpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,197 people in 665 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,197
Literacy
83.7%
Area
5 km²
LGD code
275265

Villages of Gangadharpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gangadharpur14668884.7%4%0%
Palar14066881.6%21%0%
Nuagan-B11454384.2%8%2%
Imamanagar9340593.3%0%0%
Brahmanda6836784.3%1%34%
Bahagada4023068.1%38%55%
Raghunathapur Sasan4016369.5%100%0%
Bhaturpasi2413398.4%0%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 Gangadharpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,197
1,615 male · 1,582 female
Households
665
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.7%
above Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
980
above Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
300
9.4% of residents
Workers
971
30.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
463 (14.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
265 (8.3%)

What the 971 workers did

  • Cultivators194 (20.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers191 (19.7%)
  • Household industry53 (5.5%)
  • Other work486 (50.1%)
  • Marginal workers47 (4.8%)

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 Gangadharpur

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 5 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 8
  • Middle school4 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
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 (8), Pulses (3), Ground Nuts (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 Dahrmasala block

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