Gram panchayat · Bhawanipatna block · Kalahandi

Risigaon gram panchayat

Risigaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 4,773 people in 1,206 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 13
Population (2011): 4,773
Literacy: 60.1%
Area: 16.9 km²
LGD code: 118621

Villages of Risigaon

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kasakendu	261	1,053	69.1%	9%	14%
Risigaon	271	1,044	53.2%	32%	28%
Tikirapada	107	443	66.6%	5%	20%
Tentulipada	91	365	52.6%	24%	12%
Gond Bandopala	80	312	56.4%	14%	37%
Dangariguda	80	305	80.9%	93%	0%
Ambapada	69	257	64.7%	45%	48%
Bhoiguda	59	248	68.2%	5%	6%
Gajakhola	55	222	47.1%	0%	96%
Narengkhola	51	203	38.8%	13%	87%
Herateka	39	161	39.3%	0%	100%
Partola	30	109	41.7%	0%	88%
Trisulmunda	13	51	85.1%	24%	10%

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 Risigaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,773; 2,387 male · 2,386 female
Households: 1,206; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 60.1%; above Bhawanipatna block's villages (57.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,000; about the same as Bhawanipatna block's villages (1,000)
Children aged 0–6: 663; 13.9% of residents
Workers: 2,197; 46.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,027 (21.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,479 (31.0%)

What the 2,197 workers did

Cultivators200 (9.1%)
Agricultural labourers338 (15.4%)
Household industry10 (0.5%)
Other work479 (21.8%)
Marginal workers1,170 (53.3%)

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 Risigaon

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 17 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 13
Middle school2 of 13
Secondary school2 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre11 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump6 of 13
Electricity for homes10 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road13 of 13
Public bus3 of 13
Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop8 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Til (7), Ragi (3), Vegetables (1), Cotton (1), Moong (1), Jhari,Groundnut (1), Groudnut,Jhani (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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