Gram panchayat · Pattamundai block · Kendrapara
Dosia gram panchayat
Dosia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,158 people in 1,092 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajanagar assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 7
- Population (2011)
- 5,158
- Literacy
- 88.3%
- Area
- 11.1 km²
- LGD code
- 119187
Villages of Dosia
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baulanga | 364 | 1,874 | 90.9% | 18% | 0% |
| Buanlo | 232 | 974 | 88.9% | 7% | 0% |
| Chadheya | 115 | 612 | 88.7% | 2% | 0% |
| Dosia | 135 | 555 | 85.4% | 3% | 0% |
| Anand pur | 98 | 509 | 88.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Shyam sundar pur | 81 | 350 | 82.1% | 33% | 0% |
| Basudeipur | 67 | 284 | 80.7% | 37% | 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 Dosia
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,158
- 2,505 male · 2,653 female
- Households
- 1,092
- about 4.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 88.3%
- above Pattamundai block's villages (85.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,059
- about the same as Pattamundai block's villages (1,053)
- Children aged 0–6
- 611
- 11.8% of residents
- Workers
- 1,477
- 28.6% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 661 (12.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,477 workers did
- Cultivators1,023 (69.3%)
- Agricultural labourers120 (8.1%)
- Household industry14 (0.9%)
- Other work81 (5.5%)
- Marginal workers239 (16.2%)
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 Dosia
How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 11 km², 81% of it sown with crops.
Education
- Primary school7 of 7
- Middle school3 of 7
- Secondary school1 of 7
- Senior secondary school0 of 7
- Degree college0 of 7
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 7
- Health sub-centre1 of 7
- Anganwadi centre7 of 7
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 7
- Hand pump7 of 7
- Electricity for homes7 of 7
Roads & transport
- All-weather road1 of 7
- Public bus0 of 7
- Mobile phone coverage7 of 7
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 7
- Commercial bank0 of 7
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
- Weekly haat0 of 7
- Primary schools
- 9
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Pulses (7), Vegetable (5).
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
- Alapua
- Amrutamanohi
- Andhara
- Aradapalli
- Bachhara
- Badamohanpur
- Badamulabasanta
- Badapada
- Balabhadrapur
- Balipatana
- Baluria
- Bilikana
- Chandan Nagar
- Damarpur
- Dihapada
- Dihudipur
- Gangarampur
- Kakharuni
- Khadianta
- Khanata
- Narasinghpur
- Nilakanthapur
- Oupada
- Penthapal
- Sanjaria
- Sansarfal
- Sasana
- Singhagan
- Srirampur
- Taradipal
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