Gram panchayat · Kendrapada block · Kendrapara
Jamdhar gram panchayat
Jamdhar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kendrapada block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 8,063 people in 1,760 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kendrapara assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 9
- Population (2011)
- 8,063
- Literacy
- 86.0%
- Area
- 7.8 km²
- LGD code
- 119109
Villages of Jamdhar
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasoti | 522 | 2,419 | 86.9% | 16% | 0% |
| Jamdhar | 370 | 1,780 | 80.9% | 17% | 0% |
| Badagaon | 279 | 1,251 | 82.0% | 36% | 0% |
| Juidaspur | 158 | 680 | 91.1% | 17% | 0% |
| Jantilo | 141 | 637 | 90.5% | 20% | 0% |
| Balabhadrapur | 111 | 497 | 85.8% | 26% | 0% |
| Pandiri | 83 | 367 | 93.2% | 2% | 0% |
| Sanagan | 71 | 315 | 95.6% | 0% | 0% |
| Idiali | 25 | 117 | 84.9% | 40% | 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 Jamdhar
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 8,063
- 4,113 male · 3,950 female
- Households
- 1,760
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.0%
- about the same as Kendrapada block's villages (85.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 960
- below Kendrapada block's villages (994)
- Children aged 0–6
- 824
- 10.2% of residents
- Workers
- 2,544
- 31.6% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,579 (19.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 5 (0.1%)
What the 2,544 workers did
- Cultivators404 (15.9%)
- Agricultural labourers347 (13.6%)
- Household industry52 (2.0%)
- Other work1,138 (44.7%)
- Marginal workers603 (23.7%)
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 Jamdhar
How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 8 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school8 of 9
- Middle school3 of 9
- Secondary school2 of 9
- Senior secondary school0 of 9
- Degree college0 of 9
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 9
- Health sub-centre1 of 9
- Anganwadi centre9 of 9
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 9
- Hand pump9 of 9
- Electricity for homes9 of 9
Roads & transport
- All-weather road9 of 9
- Public bus6 of 9
- Mobile phone coverage9 of 9
Services
- Post office or sub post office3 of 9
- Commercial bank0 of 9
- Ration (PDS) shop4 of 9
- Weekly haat0 of 9
- Primary schools
- 11
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Pulses (6).
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
- Gangapada
- Ghagara
- Gulnagar
- Indupur
- Kalapada
- Kansar
- Kapaleswar
- Keshpur
- Koro
- Kutarang
- Nikirai
- Ostapur
- Palasingha
- Purushottampur
- Sanamanatia
- Shyamsundarpur
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