Gram panchayat · Pattamundai block · Kendrapara
Alapua gram panchayat
Alapua is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,056 people in 902 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kendrapara assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 4,056
- Literacy
- 84.6%
- Area
- 7 km²
- LGD code
- 119172
Villages of Alapua
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alapua | 616 | 2,446 | 82.9% | 31% | 0% |
| Damodarapatana | 286 | 1,610 | 87.2% | 29% | 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 Alapua
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,056
- 1,997 male · 2,059 female
- Households
- 902
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.6%
- about the same as Pattamundai block's villages (85.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,031
- below Pattamundai block's villages (1,053)
- Children aged 0–6
- 457
- 11.3% of residents
- Workers
- 1,345
- 33.2% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,220 (30.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1 (0.0%)
What the 1,345 workers did
- Cultivators188 (14.0%)
- Agricultural labourers271 (20.1%)
- Household industry44 (3.3%)
- Other work441 (32.8%)
- Marginal workers401 (29.8%)
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 Alapua
How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 7 km², 82% of it sown with crops.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school2 of 2
- Secondary school1 of 2
- Senior secondary school0 of 2
- Degree college0 of 2
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 2
- Health sub-centre1 of 2
- Anganwadi centre2 of 2
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 2
- Hand pump2 of 2
- Electricity for homes2 of 2
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 2
- Public bus0 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office2 of 2
- Commercial bank0 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
- Weekly haat1 of 2
- Primary schools
- 5
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2), Vegetable (2).
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 Pattamundai block
- Amrutamanohi
- Andhara
- Aradapalli
- Bachhara
- Badamohanpur
- Badamulabasanta
- Badapada
- Balabhadrapur
- Balipatana
- Baluria
- Bilikana
- Chandan Nagar
- Damarpur
- Dihapada
- Dihudipur
- Dosia
- Gangarampur
- Kakharuni
- Khadianta
- Khanata
- Narasinghpur
- Nilakanthapur
- Oupada
- Penthapal
- Sanjaria
- Sansarfal
- Sasana
- Singhagan
- Srirampur
- Taradipal
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