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Gram panchayat · Dharamagarh block · Kalahandi

Khairapadar gram panchayat

Khairapadar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dharamagarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 5,323 people in 1,417 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
5,323
Literacy
63.2%
Area
14.6 km²
LGD code
118639

Villages of Khairapadar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khairpadar8533,05763.6%18%11%
Gambhariguda23998858.6%10%16%
Sardhapur18171071.6%31%11%
Dashaghar14456859.0%3%35%

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 Khairapadar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,323
2,682 male · 2,641 female
Households
1,417
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.2%
above Dharamagarh block's villages (55.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
about the same as Dharamagarh block's villages (991)
Children aged 0–6
763
14.3% of residents
Workers
2,266
42.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
885 (16.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
780 (14.7%)

What the 2,266 workers did

  • Cultivators397 (17.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers750 (33.1%)
  • Household industry85 (3.8%)
  • Other work382 (16.9%)
  • Marginal workers652 (28.8%)

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 Khairapadar

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 15 km², 94% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college2 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 pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
5
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Dharamagarh block

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