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Raghunathpali gram panchayat

Raghunathpali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kolabira block of Jharsuguda district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,796 people in 1,235 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jharsuguda assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,796
Literacy
79.6%
Area
22.1 km²
LGD code
118546

Villages of Raghunathpali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Raghunathpali6622,70384.8%9%17%
Paikpada25587974.1%19%33%
Butupali13450674.0%22%4%
Singibahal12146679.2%35%26%
Sahajbahal6324254.7%7%64%
Singhimundauninhabited00–––

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 Raghunathpali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,796
2,394 male · 2,402 female
Households
1,235
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.6%
above Kolabira block's villages (73.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,003
about the same as Kolabira block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
474
9.9% of residents
Workers
2,311
48.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
692 (14.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,041 (21.7%)

What the 2,311 workers did

  • Cultivators381 (16.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers172 (7.4%)
  • Household industry163 (7.1%)
  • Other work714 (30.9%)
  • Marginal workers881 (38.1%)

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 Raghunathpali

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 22 km², 26% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 5
  • Weekly haat5 of 5
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Vegetables (1). Handicrafts: Broomstick (1), Khali Dana (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 Kolabira block

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