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Gram panchayat · Marsaghai block · Kendrapara

Dasipur gram panchayat

Dasipur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Marsaghai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,482 people in 1,293 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mahakalapada assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,482
Literacy
87.1%
Area
8.8 km²
LGD code
119157

Villages of Dasipur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dasi pur3841,61492.7%19%0%
Adam pur2921,27584.2%9%0%
Palaspur2751,10384.2%31%0%
Bagadia2281,01385.6%19%0%
Balana11447784.7%11%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 Dasipur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,482
2,757 male · 2,725 female
Households
1,293
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.1%
about the same as Marsaghai block's villages (86.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
988
above Marsaghai block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
495
9.0% of residents
Workers
1,840
33.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,029 (18.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 1,840 workers did

  • Cultivators593 (32.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers340 (18.5%)
  • Household industry27 (1.5%)
  • Other work411 (22.3%)
  • Marginal workers469 (25.5%)

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 Dasipur

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 9 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school3 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (4), Potato (3), Potato,Bringal (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 Marsaghai block

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