Gram panchayat · Kendrapada block · Kendrapara
Kansar gram panchayat
Kansar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kendrapada block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 5,641 people in 1,213 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kendrapara assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 10
- Population (2011)
- 5,641
- Literacy
- 84.6%
- Area
- 10.9 km²
- LGD code
- 119111
Villages of Kansar
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ender | 275 | 1,279 | 75.9% | 45% | 0% |
| Sahaspur | 258 | 1,242 | 89.1% | 21% | 0% |
| Kansara | 232 | 1,102 | 87.2% | 5% | 0% |
| Phorad | 118 | 505 | 83.5% | 17% | 0% |
| Baipur | 104 | 489 | 85.2% | 0% | 0% |
| Bandhapada | 86 | 400 | 78.6% | 1% | 0% |
| Chandiapali | 79 | 334 | 90.6% | 0% | 0% |
| Kankadia | 61 | 290 | 95.8% | 5% | 0% |
| Chandanpur | – | – | – | – | – |
| Forad | – | – | – | – | – |
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 Kansar
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,641
- 2,767 male · 2,874 female
- Households
- 1,213
- about 4.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.6%
- about the same as Kendrapada block's villages (85.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,039
- above Kendrapada block's villages (994)
- Children aged 0–6
- 644
- 11.4% of residents
- Workers
- 1,892
- 33.5% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 994 (17.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,892 workers did
- Cultivators789 (41.7%)
- Agricultural labourers459 (24.3%)
- Household industry33 (1.7%)
- Other work457 (24.2%)
- Marginal workers154 (8.1%)
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 Kansar
How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 11 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.
Education
- Primary school8 of 8
- Middle school4 of 8
- Secondary school1 of 8
- Senior secondary school0 of 8
- Degree college0 of 8
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 8
- Health sub-centre1 of 8
- Anganwadi centre7 of 8
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 8
- Hand pump8 of 8
- Electricity for homes8 of 8
Roads & transport
- All-weather road8 of 8
- Public bus0 of 8
- Mobile phone coverage8 of 8
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 8
- Commercial bank0 of 8
- Ration (PDS) shop3 of 8
- Weekly haat0 of 8
- 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 (8), Pulses (8).
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
- Jamdhar
- Kalapada
- Kapaleswar
- Keshpur
- Koro
- Kutarang
- Nikirai
- Ostapur
- Palasingha
- Purushottampur
- Sanamanatia
- Shyamsundarpur
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