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Gram panchayat · Marsaghai block · Kendrapara

Raghabapur gram panchayat

Raghabapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Marsaghai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,004 people in 926 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mahakalapada assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,004
Literacy
87.4%
Area
5 km²
LGD code
119169

Villages of Raghabapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Raghabapur3181,43386.7%26%0%
Mandia23088591.8%19%0%
Narasingpur19587789.3%10%0%
Podana18380981.8%9%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 Raghabapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,004
2,053 male · 1,951 female
Households
926
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.4%
about the same as Marsaghai block's villages (86.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
950
below Marsaghai block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
349
8.7% of residents
Workers
1,565
39.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
698 (17.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,565 workers did

  • Cultivators329 (21.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers200 (12.8%)
  • Household industry77 (4.9%)
  • Other work498 (31.8%)
  • Marginal workers461 (29.5%)

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 Raghabapur

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 4 villages cover 5 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Kidney Bean (3), Pulses (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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