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Gram panchayat · Narala block · Kalahandi

Takarla gram panchayat

Takarla is a gram panchayat (village council) in Narala block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 3,532 people in 988 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Narla assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
3,532
Literacy
62.7%
Area
23.7 km²
LGD code
118847

Villages of Takarla

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Takarla5221,83960.5%24%51%
Alim16155768.4%18%19%
Raidhunipadar10439258.1%8%42%
Khetupara6524872.2%0%17%
Sudingpadar6322563.9%0%80%
Rindabahali5118160.5%19%63%
Kundeijharan229067.1%0%76%

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 Takarla

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,532
1,722 male · 1,810 female
Households
988
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
62.7%
below Narala block's villages (67.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,051
above Narala block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6
521
14.8% of residents
Workers
2,021
57.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
602 (17.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,620 (45.9%)

What the 2,021 workers did

  • Cultivators337 (16.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers180 (8.9%)
  • Household industry8 (0.4%)
  • Other work104 (5.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,392 (68.9%)

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 Takarla

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 24 km², 56% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes4 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 7
  • Public bus1 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Pulses (7), Moong (7).

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 Narala block

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