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Gram panchayat · Aul block · Kendrapara

Padanipal gram panchayat

Padanipal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Aul block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 2,759 people in 581 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Aul assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
2,759
Literacy
83.6%
Area
5 km²
LGD code
119042

Villages of Padanipal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Padinipal5332,45883.1%38%0%
Kharakhara4830187.7%14%0%

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 Padanipal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,759
1,293 male · 1,466 female
Households
581
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.6%
below Aul block's villages (85.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,134
about the same as Aul block's villages (1,135)
Children aged 0–6
364
13.2% of residents
Workers
803
29.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
976 (35.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
4 (0.1%)

What the 803 workers did

  • Cultivators324 (40.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers126 (15.7%)
  • Household industry31 (3.9%)
  • Other work79 (9.8%)
  • Marginal workers243 (30.3%)

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 Padanipal

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 5 km², and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump1 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2).

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 Aul block

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