Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Pahireju gram panchayat

Pahireju is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 27 villages, home to 3,421 people in 773 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 27
Population (2011): 3,421
Literacy: 46.5%
Area: 26.2 km²
LGD code: 118970

Villages of Pahireju

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Solaguda	189	827	59.1%	52%	42%
Pindangi	59	305	59.2%	7%	57%
Tilkapanga	63	270	33.5%	28%	66%
Dresaru	59	262	56.7%	58%	42%
Ganju	60	252	30.4%	40%	60%
Machharpara	49	209	29.4%	20%	69%
Senisuga	39	171	49.6%	0%	98%
Gadapanga	32	154	43.6%	0%	69%
Paireju	30	130	37.0%	23%	77%
Gobarnala	21	97	50.0%	16%	64%
Tarkari	23	93	53.1%	0%	100%
Bradiguda	20	81	75.8%	0%	100%
Gochamundri	16	81	41.1%	11%	77%
Kalikura	18	76	14.3%	61%	30%
Dudupanga	16	71	25.4%	24%	54%
Rangapadar	14	67	28.6%	0%	100%
Uchangi	16	64	34.0%	39%	56%
Ganjupria	14	57	21.7%	7%	84%
Karanala	10	43	28.1%	0%	100%
Kandijodi	8	35	33.3%	0%	100%
Nanipadar	6	25	42.9%	0%	76%
Budairpi	4	19	72.2%	0%	100%
Salaguda	2	12	37.5%	0%	100%
Ranjani	3	10	11.1%	100%	0%
Klabasingi	1	8	57.1%	0%	100%
Gamangi	1	2	50.0%	0%	100%
Karanala	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 Pahireju

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,421; 1,683 male · 1,738 female
Households: 773; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 46.5%; below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,033; below Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 648; 18.9% of residents
Workers: 1,735; 50.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 978 (28.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,127 (62.2%)

What the 1,735 workers did

Cultivators389 (22.4%)
Agricultural labourers194 (11.2%)
Household industry22 (1.3%)
Other work249 (14.4%)
Marginal workers881 (50.8%)

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 Pahireju

How many of the 26 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 27 villages cover 26 km², 16% of it sown with crops and 33% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 26
Middle school5 of 26
Secondary school1 of 26
Senior secondary school1 of 26
Degree college0 of 26

Health

Primary health centre0 of 26
Health sub-centre2 of 26
Anganwadi centre5 of 26

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 26
Hand pump25 of 26
Electricity for homes2 of 26

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 26
Public bus0 of 26
Mobile phone coverage5 of 26

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 26
Commercial bank0 of 26
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 26
Weekly haat1 of 26

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (26), Turmeric (13), Maize (10), Ragi (9), Black Gram (4), Millet (3), Mustard (2), Horse Gram (2).

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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