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Gram panchayat · Mahakalapada block · Kendrapara

Teragan gram panchayat

Teragan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mahakalapada block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 8,248 people in 1,817 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mahakalapada assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
8,248
Literacy
84.3%
Area
14.9 km²
LGD code
119146

Villages of Teragan

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Teragan7533,30985.8%27%0%
Ostara5912,59679.3%19%0%
SamantSingharpur2641,27688.9%18%0%
Subala2091,06786.3%2%1%
Belar00–––
Nandanpur00–––
Raula00–––
Belar Nuagan–––––

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 Teragan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,248
4,219 male · 4,029 female
Households
1,817
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.3%
above Mahakalapada block's villages (81.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
955
below Mahakalapada block's villages (969)
Children aged 0–6
924
11.2% of residents
Workers
2,671
32.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,642 (19.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
20 (0.2%)

What the 2,671 workers did

  • Cultivators1,021 (38.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers358 (13.4%)
  • Household industry80 (3.0%)
  • Other work581 (21.8%)
  • Marginal workers631 (23.6%)

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 Teragan

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 15 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus1 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

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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