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Gram panchayat · Raikia block · Kandhamal

Ranaba gram panchayat

Ranaba is a gram panchayat (village council) in Raikia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 26 villages, home to 4,244 people in 907 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
26
Population (2011)
4,244
Literacy
57.8%
Area
34.7 km²
LGD code
118996

Villages of Ranaba

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Badagada17094764.4%15%78%
Ranaba18679138.4%13%7%
Ghatikhariguda8841069.9%24%23%
Barada5626046.5%12%20%
Kanasaru5324177.5%21%35%
Sahajakhole4119561.0%0%64%
Sikriguda3717165.3%0%0%
Dakapanga4117069.9%45%39%
Kakarabadi3414576.2%0%71%
Burapanga2813073.1%32%31%
Dimiripali3012364.2%19%8%
Baradali2110953.7%5%10%
Iriputa2310465.1%0%0%
Chakapadu2310075.0%0%6%
Mankadaganda158236.8%0%0%
Bariguda176551.8%0%0%
Turupanka125627.5%0%0%
Darju135420.0%46%0%
Bhitarabadi114823.8%8%0%
Gochhabadi63232.1%0%31%
Bisitota21150.0%0%100%
Danturikhaman00–––
Naringipali00–––
Pipalabadi00–––
Sandhigada00–––
Sikripadar00–––

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 Ranaba

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,244
2,162 male · 2,082 female
Households
907
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.8%
below Raikia block's villages (67.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
963
below Raikia block's villages (1,045)
Children aged 0–6
643
15.2% of residents
Workers
2,250
53.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
601 (14.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,400 (33.0%)

What the 2,250 workers did

  • Cultivators441 (19.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers110 (4.9%)
  • Household industry14 (0.6%)
  • Other work110 (4.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,575 (70.0%)

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 Ranaba

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 26 villages cover 35 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 43% forest.

Education

  • Primary school14 of 21
  • Middle school5 of 21
  • Secondary school1 of 21
  • Senior secondary school0 of 21
  • Degree college0 of 21

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 21
  • Health sub-centre1 of 21
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 21

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 21
  • Hand pump17 of 21
  • Electricity for homes0 of 21

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 21
  • Public bus0 of 21
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 21

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 21
  • Commercial bank0 of 21
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 21
  • Weekly haat0 of 21
Primary schools
14
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21), Ragi (9), Vegetables (6), Vegetable (2), Turmeric (2), Mango (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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