Skip to content

Gram panchayat · Pattamundai block · Kendrapara

Andhara gram panchayat

Andhara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 4,621 people in 1,032 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kendrapara assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
4,621
Literacy
85.0%
Area
6.1 km²
LGD code
119174

Villages of Andhara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Andhara1,0324,62185.0%31%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 Andhara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,621
2,183 male · 2,438 female
Households
1,032
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.0%
about the same as Pattamundai block's villages (85.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,117
above Pattamundai block's villages (1,053)
Children aged 0–6
553
12.0% of residents
Workers
1,042
22.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,426 (30.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,042 workers did

  • Cultivators210 (20.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers315 (30.2%)
  • Household industry29 (2.8%)
  • Other work333 (32.0%)
  • Marginal workers155 (14.9%)

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 Andhara

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 6 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school1 of 1
  • Degree college1 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre1 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus1 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Pulses (1), Vegetable (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 Pattamundai block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Andhara? Share it with us.