Gram panchayat · Khajuripada block · Kandhamal

Dalapada gram panchayat

Dalapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khajuripada block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 22 villages, home to 3,828 people in 972 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 22
Population (2011): 3,828
Literacy: 65.1%
Area: 35.2 km²
LGD code: 118938

Villages of Dalapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dalapada	224	911	67.6%	54%	36%
Lambabadi	89	407	72.5%	41%	52%
Jhampi	108	402	42.0%	9%	63%
Lepakumpa	79	332	85.5%	15%	29%
Nanagaleju	74	276	63.6%	43%	56%
Danjutotasahi	56	222	60.4%	24%	76%
Padhanpada	52	206	69.9%	1%	96%
Baradiguda(Baraguchha)	49	189	62.1%	47%	53%
Baderipaju	40	152	76.4%	0%	80%
Arapaju	31	146	75.2%	0%	100%
Meru	34	113	62.2%	57%	42%
Bunduli	28	97	32.1%	0%	100%
Khetapaju	23	77	70.6%	0%	100%
Gurandi	20	70	58.1%	0%	63%
Kaigara	14	60	57.7%	0%	100%
Sakadi	18	57	68.2%	0%	98%
Dalapadajangal	12	48	55.8%	0%	100%
Chadapaju	13	42	64.9%	0%	100%
Bilabari	5	17	58.3%	0%	100%
Adipadar	3	4	0.0%	0%	100%
Maskabari	0	0	–	–	–
Mundabadijangal	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 Dalapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,828; 1,913 male · 1,915 female
Households: 972; about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 65.1%; below Khajuripada block's villages (71.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,001; about the same as Khajuripada block's villages (1,009)
Children aged 0–6: 440; 11.5% of residents
Workers: 1,542; 40.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,072 (28.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,271 (59.3%)

What the 1,542 workers did

Cultivators432 (28.0%)
Agricultural labourers35 (2.3%)
Household industry15 (1.0%)
Other work79 (5.1%)
Marginal workers981 (63.6%)

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 Dalapada

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 22 villages cover 35 km², 30% of it sown with crops and 54% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 20
Middle school3 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school1 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre2 of 20
Anganwadi centre7 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump18 of 20
Electricity for homes10 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road11 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage10 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat0 of 20

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20).

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 Khajuripada block

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