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Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Pakari gram panchayat

Pakari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 2,044 people in 473 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
18
Population (2011)
2,044
Literacy
41.8%
Area
17 km²
LGD code
275192

Villages of Pakari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Pakari15067354.3%20%51%
Kusupaju6024647.5%3%96%
Sartaguda5021128.7%0%38%
Sipanjari4920944.0%22%66%
Biluri3013940.7%6%81%
Dundunmunda187613.1%0%100%
Beladoli176722.0%24%30%
Pirkadi166734.0%0%54%
Banjipidia176651.8%0%100%
Iripisaru126434.7%0%59%
Sramugura135521.7%0%91%
Labangi125039.0%0%100%
Mandibala144831.0%0%0%
Tanjimirka6280.0%0%100%
Dedagulu42233.3%0%100%
Bijamari3139.1%0%100%
Kakerkheta21022.2%0%100%
Katadisaru00–––

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 Pakari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,044
984 male · 1,060 female
Households
473
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
41.8%
below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,077
above Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6
382
18.7% of residents
Workers
1,026
50.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
212 (10.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,319 (64.5%)

What the 1,026 workers did

  • Cultivators168 (16.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers80 (7.8%)
  • Household industry12 (1.2%)
  • Other work171 (16.7%)
  • Marginal workers595 (58.0%)

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 Pakari

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 17 km², 14% of it sown with crops and 28% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 17
  • Middle school1 of 17
  • Secondary school0 of 17
  • Senior secondary school0 of 17
  • Degree college0 of 17

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 17
  • Health sub-centre0 of 17
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 17

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 17
  • Hand pump9 of 17
  • Electricity for homes2 of 17

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 17
  • Public bus0 of 17
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 17

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 17
  • Commercial bank0 of 17
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 17
  • Weekly haat0 of 17
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17), Maize (10), Horse Gram (8), Til (8), Turmeric (5), Green Gram (1), Ragi (1), Black Gram (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 Phiringia block

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