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Gram panchayat · Bhawanipatna block · Kalahandi

Karlaguda gram panchayat

Karlaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 2,883 people in 728 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhawanipatana assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
2,883
Literacy
55.7%
Area
12.5 km²
LGD code
118611

Villages of Karlaguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Karlaguda25190654.5%27%26%
Sankhairmal21382157.9%16%16%
Pastipada18481956.0%12%69%
Borguda8033753.4%18%37%

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 Karlaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,883
1,444 male · 1,439 female
Households
728
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
55.7%
below Bhawanipatna block's villages (57.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
997
about the same as Bhawanipatna block's villages (1,000)
Children aged 0–6
434
15.1% of residents
Workers
1,396
48.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
528 (18.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,051 (36.5%)

What the 1,396 workers did

  • Cultivators501 (35.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers136 (9.7%)
  • Household industry15 (1.1%)
  • Other work118 (8.5%)
  • Marginal workers626 (44.8%)

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 Karlaguda

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 12 km², 70% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump1 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus3 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Cotton (4), Rail (2), Moong (1), Vegetable (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 Bhawanipatna block

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