Gram panchayat · Khajuripada block · Kandhamal

Khajuripada gram panchayat

Khajuripada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khajuripada block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 7,054 people in 1,767 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 7,054
Literacy: 78.4%
Area: 27.2 km²
LGD code: 118941

Villages of Khajuripada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Khajuripada	864	3,669	82.5%	37%	14%
Urumunda	146	591	74.8%	34%	44%
Dimirikhol	123	473	78.9%	26%	39%
Ledrikhol	100	362	68.0%	62%	37%
Charipada	86	351	75.3%	20%	68%
Dehengi	71	253	66.1%	2%	50%
Kerediguda	67	239	80.5%	67%	6%
Paberi	62	227	72.1%	55%	45%
Gadiapara	50	210	74.6%	16%	81%
Ghugulasahi	43	142	75.4%	92%	8%
Iripiguda	43	142	63.1%	60%	25%
Mardigochha	24	84	76.7%	0%	100%
Kunda	19	65	81.1%	0%	100%
Kutibari	12	51	73.9%	0%	100%
Ganjugura	14	46	71.4%	11%	74%
Gadaki	12	41	79.4%	0%	83%
Kumbhegura	10	37	53.1%	0%	19%
Mundabadi Jangal	11	36	80.6%	0%	100%
Gadapadar	9	34	83.9%	0%	100%
Bitali	1	1	0.0%	0%	100%
Ganjulponga	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 Khajuripada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,054; 3,502 male · 3,552 female
Households: 1,767; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 78.4%; above Khajuripada block's villages (71.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,014; about the same as Khajuripada block's villages (1,009)
Children aged 0–6: 774; 11.0% of residents
Workers: 2,815; 39.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,511 (35.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,144 (30.4%)

What the 2,815 workers did

Cultivators270 (9.6%)
Agricultural labourers360 (12.8%)
Household industry41 (1.5%)
Other work861 (30.6%)
Marginal workers1,283 (45.6%)

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 Khajuripada

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 21 villages cover 27 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 51% forest.

Education

Primary school15 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 centre8 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump14 of 20
Electricity for homes13 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road4 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage16 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat1 of 20

Primary schools: 19
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 1
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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