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Gangapada gram panchayat
Gangapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kendrapada block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,903 people in 1,237 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kendrapara assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 7
- Population (2011)
- 5,903
- Literacy
- 84.3%
- Area
- 13.8 km²
- LGD code
- 119105
Villages of Gangapada
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharsing | 339 | 1,703 | 72.3% | 6% | 0% |
| Dobandha | 302 | 1,340 | 88.6% | 25% | 0% |
| Gogua | 237 | 1,103 | 88.4% | 22% | 0% |
| Gangapada | 186 | 897 | 86.8% | 34% | 0% |
| Poipat | 110 | 488 | 90.5% | 7% | 0% |
| Alipur | 34 | 201 | 94.4% | 0% | 0% |
| Sanapanturi | 29 | 171 | 91.9% | 27% | 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 Gangapada
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,903
- 2,923 male · 2,980 female
- Households
- 1,237
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.3%
- about the same as Kendrapada block's villages (85.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,020
- above Kendrapada block's villages (994)
- Children aged 0–6
- 679
- 11.5% of residents
- Workers
- 1,987
- 33.7% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,078 (18.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2 (0.0%)
What the 1,987 workers did
- Cultivators502 (25.3%)
- Agricultural labourers245 (12.3%)
- Household industry22 (1.1%)
- Other work644 (32.4%)
- Marginal workers574 (28.9%)
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 Gangapada
How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 14 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school6 of 7
- Middle school2 of 7
- Secondary school1 of 7
- Senior secondary school0 of 7
- Degree college0 of 7
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 7
- Health sub-centre1 of 7
- Anganwadi centre6 of 7
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 7
- Hand pump7 of 7
- Electricity for homes7 of 7
Roads & transport
- All-weather road7 of 7
- Public bus2 of 7
- Mobile phone coverage7 of 7
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 7
- Commercial bank0 of 7
- Ration (PDS) shop5 of 7
- Weekly haat1 of 7
- Primary schools
- 9
- Middle schools
- 4
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Pulses (7), Vegetable (7).
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 Kendrapada block
- Ayeba
- Bagada
- Baro
- Bhagabatpur
- Bharatpur
- Chakroda
- Chandanpur
- Charigaon
- Dhola
- Dhumat
- Ghagara
- Gulnagar
- Indupur
- Jamdhar
- Kalapada
- Kansar
- Kapaleswar
- Keshpur
- Koro
- Kutarang
- Nikirai
- Ostapur
- Palasingha
- Purushottampur
- Sanamanatia
- Shyamsundarpur
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Gangapada? Share it with us.