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Gram panchayat · Tikabali block · Kandhamal

Pikaradi gram panchayat

Pikaradi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tikabali block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 3,632 people in 885 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
20
Population (2011)
3,632
Literacy
63.9%
Area
43.1 km²
LGD code
119008

Villages of Pikaradi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rudabidingia14563358.8%5%92%
Makabidingia10342658.2%8%89%
Pukulingia11440767.9%13%76%
Breka9538674.6%5%34%
Pikaradi8037272.2%13%77%
Gasaguda7834963.5%0%90%
Malansuga6224565.0%2%91%
Kambanaju4618568.7%3%65%
Raibhanja5417858.1%2%85%
Saberikhole2613658.8%0%100%
Patapadar2910565.7%0%76%
Linga166560.0%3%97%
Gambhariguda145949.0%0%100%
Banjamaha124842.5%0%100%
Taparbali113838.7%0%100%
Badabali jungal00–––
Bramhandei00–––
Lambasaru00–––
Rengetisaru00–––
Saudisaru00–––

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 Pikaradi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,632
1,787 male · 1,845 female
Households
885
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.9%
below Tikabali block's villages (66.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,032
about the same as Tikabali block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
445
12.3% of residents
Workers
2,033
56.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
203 (5.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,927 (80.6%)

What the 2,033 workers did

  • Cultivators218 (10.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers154 (7.6%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work199 (9.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,460 (71.8%)

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 Pikaradi

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 43 km², 36% of it sown with crops and 47% forest.

Education

  • Primary school12 of 15
  • Middle school4 of 15
  • Secondary school1 of 15
  • Senior secondary school0 of 15
  • Degree college0 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre1 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump14 of 15
  • Electricity for homes10 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 15
  • Public bus0 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage13 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 15
  • Weekly haat0 of 15
Primary schools
12
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Maize (10), Turmeric (10).

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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