Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Gochhapada gram panchayat

Gochhapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,108 people in 989 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 4,108
Literacy: 65.3%
Area: 30.6 km²
LGD code: 118962

Villages of Gochhapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gochhapada	422	1,792	76.1%	26%	39%
Damareju	146	569	59.8%	24%	44%
Khajurigaon	115	483	66.4%	56%	26%
Kulikura	80	284	65.3%	1%	68%
Pipalmala	60	253	39.6%	11%	76%
Kadipari	52	238	67.2%	13%	56%
Gidigulu	40	159	21.0%	13%	79%
Loharasahi	29	143	60.0%	13%	1%
Banduli	19	78	69.6%	0%	94%
Baulikia	12	59	42.0%	0%	100%
Rakadi	11	40	21.9%	0%	83%
Banduli	1	6	40.0%	0%	100%
Nuagochhapada	2	4	25.0%	0%	50%
Rasingpadar	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 Gochhapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,108; 2,133 male · 1,975 female
Households: 989; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 65.3%; above Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 926; below Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 597; 14.5% of residents
Workers: 1,759; 42.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 980 (23.9%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,889 (46.0%)

What the 1,759 workers did

Cultivators259 (14.7%)
Agricultural labourers194 (11.0%)
Household industry2 (0.1%)
Other work199 (11.3%)
Marginal workers1,105 (62.8%)

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 Gochhapada

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 31 km², 19% of it sown with crops and 33% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 13
Middle school2 of 13
Secondary school1 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre5 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump10 of 13
Electricity for homes5 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road3 of 13
Public bus0 of 13
Mobile phone coverage7 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 13
Weekly haat1 of 13

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Maize (5), Horse Gram (5), Turmeric (5), Ragi (5), Til (2), Ground Nuts (1), Mustard (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 Phiringia block

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