Gram panchayat · Madanpur Rampur block · Kalahandi

Manikera gram panchayat

Manikera is a gram panchayat (village council) in Madanpur Rampur block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 3,467 people in 914 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Narla assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 3,467
Literacy: 61.0%
Area: 18.3 km²
LGD code: 118816

Villages of Manikera

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Taprang	118	490	60.2%	14%	80%
Upar Nuagaon	110	446	48.1%	3%	69%
Tal Nuagaon	118	431	76.2%	21%	70%
Pajikeri	107	369	52.0%	28%	65%
Manikera	90	351	70.5%	17%	56%
Sulesur	61	240	61.3%	0%	100%
Gand Padar	53	195	63.1%	17%	61%
Pipalpada	51	185	50.0%	28%	45%
Banjamunda	38	132	57.9%	0%	100%
Araskupa	34	128	57.1%	0%	70%
Dadeng	34	127	59.3%	0%	99%
Dutamunda	23	85	70.7%	0%	100%
Badpidel	18	77	71.2%	62%	26%
Kamegaon	21	73	58.7%	48%	52%
Mardajore	17	68	56.9%	0%	100%
Tentuliguda	17	59	72.2%	0%	15%
Juger	4	11	60.0%	0%	0%
Dengenmal	0	0	–	–	–
Dengenmal	0	0	–	–	–
Pipalpada	0	0	–	–	–
Sagurgaon	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 Manikera

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,467; 1,668 male · 1,799 female
Households: 914; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 61.0%; about the same as Madanpur Rampur block's villages (61.4%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,079; above Madanpur Rampur block's villages (1,015)
Children aged 0–6: 533; 15.4% of residents
Workers: 1,791; 51.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 510 (14.7%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,450 (70.7%)

What the 1,791 workers did

Cultivators335 (18.7%)
Agricultural labourers359 (20.0%)
Household industry16 (0.9%)
Other work194 (10.8%)
Marginal workers887 (49.5%)

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 Manikera

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 18 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 20% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 17
Middle school6 of 17
Secondary school1 of 17
Senior secondary school0 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre1 of 17
Anganwadi centre7 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump17 of 17
Electricity for homes7 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road11 of 17
Public bus0 of 17
Mobile phone coverage16 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 17
Weekly haat0 of 17

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Sugarcane (4), Pulses (2), Ragi (1). Handicrafts: Bamboo Products (1), Earthern Pots (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 Madanpur Rampur block

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