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Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Jajespanga gram panchayat

Jajespanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 2,836 people in 633 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
2,836
Literacy
59.2%
Area
17.3 km²
LGD code
118963

Villages of Jajespanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jajespanga20788265.4%11%34%
Ladari18476551.6%13%80%
Brudipada5739873.7%4%85%
Upardamingia8535551.8%22%71%
Madipada4718969.5%2%84%
Kambapada3315947.7%0%98%
Pangamaha167117.2%0%100%
Hatilamba41725.0%0%100%
Gohidhipa00–––
Madipada00–––
Kumbhapadar–––––

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 Jajespanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,836
1,469 male · 1,367 female
Households
633
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
59.2%
about the same as Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
931
below Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6
439
15.5% of residents
Workers
1,557
54.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
295 (10.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,902 (67.1%)

What the 1,557 workers did

  • Cultivators271 (17.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers186 (11.9%)
  • Household industry9 (0.6%)
  • Other work48 (3.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,043 (67.0%)

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 Jajespanga

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 10 villages cover 17 km², 34% of it sown with crops and 28% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 8
  • Middle school5 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes5 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Maize (1), Black Gram (1), Gram (1), Turmeric (1), Ragi (1), Horse Gram (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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