Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Kelapada gram panchayat

Kelapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 5,054 people in 1,212 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 13
Population (2011): 5,054
Literacy: 63.9%
Area: 32.2 km²
LGD code: 118964

Villages of Kelapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kelapara	354	1,349	59.4%	38%	9%
Gerupara	311	1,163	65.7%	21%	26%
Karunapali	88	491	71.3%	4%	92%
Gurupada	90	354	69.0%	23%	11%
Jayalamba	74	330	68.4%	0%	79%
Urkiapadar	62	297	62.3%	66%	2%
Koilari	55	281	56.2%	5%	63%
Tilakpadi	59	274	59.0%	2%	97%
Pitamaha	44	219	66.7%	2%	98%
Kailamba	27	110	71.4%	8%	75%
Nathapader	24	97	74.1%	0%	36%
Kamankama	23	87	51.4%	0%	0%
Dumuduma	1	2	0.0%	0%	100%

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 Kelapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,054; 2,425 male · 2,629 female
Households: 1,212; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 63.9%; above Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,084; above Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 752; 14.9% of residents
Workers: 2,422; 47.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,084 (21.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,967 (38.9%)

What the 2,422 workers did

Cultivators250 (10.3%)
Agricultural labourers153 (6.3%)
Household industry127 (5.2%)
Other work448 (18.5%)
Marginal workers1,444 (59.6%)

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 Kelapada

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 13 villages cover 32 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 12% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 13
Middle school5 of 13
Secondary school0 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre12 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump12 of 13
Electricity for homes11 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road0 of 13
Public bus3 of 13
Mobile phone coverage10 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 13
Weekly haat2 of 13

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 9
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Turmeric (8), Ragi (7), Horse Gram (4), Black Gram (2), Til (1), Gram (1), Sugar Cane (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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