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Gram panchayat · Phulbani block · Kandhamal

Minia gram panchayat

Minia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phulbani block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 23 villages, home to 3,376 people in 824 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
23
Population (2011)
3,376
Literacy
61.8%
Area
21.9 km²
LGD code
118986

Villages of Minia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sarsananda9738461.4%3%72%
Minia7430073.5%0%16%
Jargipada4128655.3%3%91%
Masapadar7527574.9%49%21%
Karanada5624657.8%6%83%
Pisupadar6122544.0%0%92%
Gandapadar4719071.3%12%48%
Bhandarpadar4516454.7%7%88%
Adigaru3515366.9%4%87%
Gaerbata4415156.3%0%91%
Dadikeju3514058.5%22%60%
Saberbata3413873.6%83%0%
Kakansuga3212650.9%0%100%
Bigapadar2910055.4%0%85%
Mundasahi188355.4%0%100%
Kanganeda237985.3%0%57%
Koripunja177554.5%3%92%
Kirabira116549.1%0%100%
Pitarpakal115267.4%0%100%
Sirabira155253.3%4%56%
Balampadar134347.2%0%100%
Gadeli72775.0%0%81%
Mediapanga42263.2%0%64%

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 Minia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,376
1,641 male · 1,735 female
Households
824
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
61.8%
below Phulbani block's villages (69.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,057
above Phulbani block's villages (1,027)
Children aged 0–6
452
13.4% of residents
Workers
1,847
54.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
362 (10.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,278 (67.5%)

What the 1,847 workers did

  • Cultivators768 (41.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers167 (9.0%)
  • Household industry10 (0.5%)
  • Other work261 (14.1%)
  • Marginal workers641 (34.7%)

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 Minia

How many of the 23 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 22 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 23
  • Middle school5 of 23
  • Secondary school1 of 23
  • Senior secondary school0 of 23
  • Degree college0 of 23

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 23
  • Health sub-centre1 of 23
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 23

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 23
  • Hand pump14 of 23
  • Electricity for homes18 of 23

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road23 of 23
  • Public bus3 of 23
  • Mobile phone coverage12 of 23

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 23
  • Commercial bank0 of 23
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 23
  • Weekly haat0 of 23
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (23).

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 Phulbani block

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