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Gram panchayat · Lakhanpur block · Jharsuguda

Lakhanpur gram panchayat

Lakhanpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lakhanpur block of Jharsuguda district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,424 people in 1,251 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Brajarajnagar assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
5,424
Literacy
76.5%
Area
45.2 km²
LGD code
118577

Villages of Lakhanpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Lakhanpur7433,21277.3%10%47%
Pikol16365568.9%12%65%
Soldia13461075.5%10%74%
Mauliberena11751280.9%2%21%
Khaliapali8941778.8%6%46%
Karlajori41571.4%0%100%
Khuntmahul1333.3%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 Lakhanpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,424
2,729 male · 2,695 female
Households
1,251
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.5%
about the same as Lakhanpur block's villages (77.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
988
above Lakhanpur block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
480
8.8% of residents
Workers
2,416
44.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
503 (9.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,706 (49.9%)

What the 2,416 workers did

  • Cultivators520 (21.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers140 (5.8%)
  • Household industry97 (4.0%)
  • Other work637 (26.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,022 (42.3%)

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 Lakhanpur

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 45 km², 34% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 7
  • Middle school2 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 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) shop4 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

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 Lakhanpur block

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