Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Taladandikia gram panchayat

Taladandikia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 3,692 people in 840 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 13
Population (2011): 3,692
Literacy: 73.8%
Area: 26.1 km²
LGD code: 118976

Villages of Taladandikia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Taladandikia	254	1,124	80.5%	11%	68%
Karandagada	148	664	77.6%	3%	63%
Dandikia	155	610	66.2%	0%	97%
Dalibadi	50	230	72.5%	71%	28%
Barepanga	52	217	84.4%	3%	88%
Lambagudari	46	208	53.8%	0%	100%
Sarumaha	33	160	66.2%	3%	95%
Tandalnaju	26	122	73.8%	0%	100%
Pranjapadar	22	106	83.3%	0%	49%
Mandilipadar	17	78	57.8%	15%	76%
Aktarapha	16	71	45.5%	0%	90%
Durudura	9	51	79.5%	10%	88%
Padipanga	12	51	46.3%	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 Taladandikia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,692; 1,826 male · 1,866 female
Households: 840; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 73.8%; above Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,022; below Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 530; 14.4% of residents
Workers: 1,685; 45.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 332 (9.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,789 (75.5%)

What the 1,685 workers did

Cultivators277 (16.4%)
Agricultural labourers449 (26.6%)
Household industry8 (0.5%)
Other work67 (4.0%)
Marginal workers884 (52.5%)

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 Taladandikia

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 26 km², 36% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school7 of 13
Middle school4 of 13
Secondary school2 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre13 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump12 of 13
Electricity for homes5 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road5 of 13
Public bus0 of 13
Mobile phone coverage5 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 7
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Maize (9), Ragi (6), Turmeric (4), Horse Gram (3), Black Gram (1), Millet (1), Ground Nut (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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