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Gram panchayat · Thuamul Ram Pur block · Kalahandi

Padepadar gram panchayat

Padepadar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Thuamul Ram Pur block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 3,231 people in 858 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
3,231
Literacy
43.7%
Area
23.3 km²
LGD code
118862

Villages of Padepadar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khamarpadar3091,11348.9%52%43%
Padepadar16466941.1%21%55%
Mundighati16662331.7%53%40%
Benakhamar9333047.3%0%42%
Hadshil4117047.1%0%100%
Sanachhatarang4015951.9%3%91%
Kardapas238669.0%100%0%
Tanginiguda228115.9%0%100%
Jhiripadar00–––

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 Padepadar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,231
1,574 male · 1,657 female
Households
858
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
43.7%
below Thuamul Ram Pur block's villages (45.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,053
above Thuamul Ram Pur block's villages (1,042)
Children aged 0–6
559
17.3% of residents
Workers
1,651
51.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,141 (35.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,629 (50.4%)

What the 1,651 workers did

  • Cultivators41 (2.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers35 (2.1%)
  • Household industry7 (0.4%)
  • Other work42 (2.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,526 (92.4%)

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 Padepadar

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 23 km², 12% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school2 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump6 of 8
  • Electricity for homes6 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 8
  • Public bus5 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Bajra (8).

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 Thuamul Ram Pur block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Padepadar? Share it with us.