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Gram panchayat · Mahakalapada block · Kendrapara

Jayachandrapur gram panchayat

Jayachandrapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mahakalapada block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,652 people in 1,254 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mahakalapada assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
5,652
Literacy
82.1%
Area
7.1 km²
LGD code
119136

Villages of Jayachandrapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jay chandrapur5332,23783.7%16%0%
Sanagan4332,09382.1%19%0%
Badagan2881,32279.5%12%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 Jayachandrapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,652
2,965 male · 2,687 female
Households
1,254
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
82.1%
about the same as Mahakalapada block's villages (81.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
906
below Mahakalapada block's villages (969)
Children aged 0–6
527
9.3% of residents
Workers
1,632
28.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
918 (16.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,632 workers did

  • Cultivators560 (34.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers395 (24.2%)
  • Household industry15 (0.9%)
  • Other work448 (27.5%)
  • Marginal workers214 (13.1%)

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 Jayachandrapur

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 7 km², 69% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school3 of 3
  • Senior secondary school1 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Pulses (3), Brinjal,Potato (3).

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 Mahakalapada block

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