Gram panchayat · Madanpur Rampur block · Kalahandi

Gochhandengaon gram panchayat

Gochhandengaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Madanpur Rampur block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 6,125 people in 1,643 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Narla assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 6,125
Literacy: 65.8%
Area: 28.1 km²
LGD code: 118813

Villages of Gochhandengaon

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Talkuna	184	633	61.7%	25%	58%
Benaguda	173	614	70.2%	13%	30%
Kumerpata	167	593	72.9%	23%	18%
Dhumabhata	122	462	73.6%	16%	7%
Gochadengen	109	411	67.0%	25%	6%
Metaguda	97	369	69.6%	27%	39%
Budhikhaman	96	366	53.1%	3%	93%
Belur	80	338	57.6%	14%	84%
Baliguda	86	334	57.7%	9%	89%
Kandhasara Bahali	69	276	74.6%	26%	13%
Pirulmal	71	275	62.5%	17%	67%
Sikelkupa	72	268	68.6%	24%	28%
Dutensudra	73	241	65.8%	0%	83%
Tentulikupa	49	211	71.5%	8%	83%
Kujamahul	43	152	73.2%	37%	0%
Banjipadar	34	137	49.1%	0%	91%
Badasurda	39	134	61.6%	0%	22%
Jamlakh Bahali	32	129	66.7%	0%	55%
Dandimaska	23	100	47.6%	0%	90%
Kandhakundeipalli	24	82	64.2%	0%	94%

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 Gochhandengaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,125; 3,039 male · 3,086 female
Households: 1,643; about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 65.8%; above Madanpur Rampur block's villages (61.4%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,015; about the same as Madanpur Rampur block's villages (1,015)
Children aged 0–6: 926; 15.1% of residents
Workers: 2,698; 44.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 991 (16.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,838 (46.3%)

What the 2,698 workers did

Cultivators590 (21.9%)
Agricultural labourers442 (16.4%)
Household industry17 (0.6%)
Other work121 (4.5%)
Marginal workers1,528 (56.6%)

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 Gochhandengaon

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 28 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 20
Middle school4 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre13 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes19 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road20 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage19 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat1 of 20

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20), Pulses (9).

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 Madanpur Rampur block

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