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Gram panchayat · Lakhanpur block · Jharsuguda

Attabira gram panchayat

Attabira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lakhanpur block of Jharsuguda district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 6,103 people in 1,400 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Brajarajnagar assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
6,103
Literacy
77.9%
Area
22.7 km²
LGD code
118560

Villages of Attabira

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Attabira5172,22479.5%10%35%
Kumar3161,41681.9%11%43%
Katapali2371,00478.0%11%26%
Bhundupali21599671.5%6%44%
Girolpali11546371.7%20%11%

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 Attabira

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,103
3,111 male · 2,992 female
Households
1,400
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.9%
about the same as Lakhanpur block's villages (77.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
962
below Lakhanpur block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
653
10.7% of residents
Workers
3,201
52.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
656 (10.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,139 (35.0%)

What the 3,201 workers did

  • Cultivators609 (19.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers688 (21.5%)
  • Household industry69 (2.2%)
  • Other work615 (19.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,220 (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 Attabira

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 5 villages cover 23 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre2 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 road5 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) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Vegetables (4), Brinjal (1), Tomato (1), Watermelon (1), Water Melon (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 Lakhanpur block

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