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Gram panchayat · Raikia block · Kandhamal

Indragarh gram panchayat

Indragarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Raikia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 2,486 people in 607 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
2,486
Literacy
57.1%
Area
15.5 km²
LGD code
118990

Villages of Indragarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Landabali11546561.3%39%31%
Badaindragada11040071.3%8%8%
Talapali7125773.3%30%23%
Dhepaguda5523553.4%36%54%
Gandharibhuin4019551.2%15%1%
Talaindragada4118660.7%18%22%
Duba4317521.7%0%99%
Bageiju3514459.3%1%97%
Ratingi2210731.5%0%100%
Sarbapanga2410731.8%0%100%
Kaliamba198853.5%0%99%
Mulukumaha207547.8%0%11%
Nuagan125281.4%0%0%
Adabana00–––
Ganiamentu00–––
Taraput00–––

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 Indragarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,486
1,226 male · 1,260 female
Households
607
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.1%
below Raikia block's villages (67.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,028
below Raikia block's villages (1,045)
Children aged 0–6
339
13.6% of residents
Workers
1,573
63.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
437 (17.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,025 (41.2%)

What the 1,573 workers did

  • Cultivators347 (22.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers233 (14.8%)
  • Household industry123 (7.8%)
  • Other work85 (5.4%)
  • Marginal workers785 (49.9%)

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 Indragarh

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 16 villages cover 15 km², 14% of it sown with crops and 51% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 13
  • Middle school2 of 13
  • Secondary school1 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre0 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump13 of 13
  • Electricity for homes7 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 13
  • Public bus0 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage7 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
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Turmeric (4), Vegetables (3), Ragi (2), Mandia (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 Raikia block

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