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Gram panchayat · Tikabali block · Kandhamal

Kainjhar gram panchayat

Kainjhar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tikabali block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 30 villages, home to 5,754 people in 1,446 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
30
Population (2011)
5,754
Literacy
60.0%
Area
36.5 km²
LGD code
119004

Villages of Kainjhar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kainjhar2781,15068.1%20%7%
Bengisahi14859060.5%38%44%
Jiginagan10640064.4%35%55%
Gandagan10037253.8%56%42%
Dakepadar7130750.6%4%86%
Kutiguda5824959.2%12%8%
Malabhuin5624660.4%1%3%
Badruguda5923453.3%10%88%
Kalkheta5821550.0%13%49%
Pipudidei5220885.6%75%20%
Danderibati4619149.4%31%61%
Badruguda(Nuasahi)5019050.3%12%88%
Ratakhandi4918877.5%11%7%
Nagirigudari4217643.9%0%10%
Mankadabata2512773.7%7%24%
Kandikuti3012169.8%0%89%
Gudrigan3411938.2%0%83%
Dadingipanga3711534.7%0%95%
Guitana3010643.8%0%98%
Kilusuga3010643.5%3%94%
Goudabata3110442.7%0%100%
Patingia218577.3%0%86%
Mundasahi95173.8%0%100%
Kiridibata83974.3%0%100%
Kalakabari103667.9%0%100%
Pipalkhole31354.5%0%100%
Nuasahi31055.6%0%100%
Rangadraga2625.0%0%100%
Chorapadar00–––
Ganjukala00–––

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 Kainjhar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,754
2,900 male · 2,854 female
Households
1,446
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.0%
below Tikabali block's villages (66.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
984
below Tikabali block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
739
12.8% of residents
Workers
3,380
58.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,176 (20.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,562 (44.5%)

What the 3,380 workers did

  • Cultivators687 (20.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers404 (12.0%)
  • Household industry12 (0.4%)
  • Other work479 (14.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,798 (53.2%)

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 Kainjhar

How many of the 28 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 30 villages cover 37 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 48% forest.

Education

  • Primary school21 of 28
  • Middle school4 of 28
  • Secondary school1 of 28
  • Senior secondary school0 of 28
  • Degree college0 of 28

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 28
  • Health sub-centre1 of 28
  • Anganwadi centre19 of 28

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 28
  • Hand pump26 of 28
  • Electricity for homes16 of 28

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 28
  • Public bus0 of 28
  • Mobile phone coverage19 of 28

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 28
  • Commercial bank0 of 28
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 28
  • Weekly haat1 of 28
Primary schools
22
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (28), Maize (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 Tikabali block

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