Gram panchayat · Pattamundai block · Kendrapara
Penthapal gram panchayat
Penthapal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 6,371 people in 1,412 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kendrapara assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 6,371
- Literacy
- 80.5%
- Area
- 8.2 km²
- LGD code
- 119194
Villages of Penthapal
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 Penthapal
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 6,371
- 3,022 male · 3,349 female
- Households
- 1,412
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 80.5%
- below Pattamundai block's villages (85.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,108
- above Pattamundai block's villages (1,053)
- Children aged 0–6
- 794
- 12.5% of residents
- Workers
- 1,640
- 25.7% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,781 (43.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 216 (3.4%)
What the 1,640 workers did
- Cultivators422 (25.7%)
- Agricultural labourers520 (31.7%)
- Household industry32 (2.0%)
- Other work236 (14.4%)
- Marginal workers430 (26.2%)
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 Penthapal
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 8 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school2 of 2
- Secondary school2 of 2
- Senior secondary school2 of 2
- Degree college2 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
- 7
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 4
- Degree colleges
- 2
- 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
- Alapua
- Amrutamanohi
- Andhara
- Aradapalli
- Bachhara
- Badamohanpur
- Badamulabasanta
- Badapada
- Balabhadrapur
- Balipatana
- Baluria
- Bilikana
- Chandan Nagar
- Damarpur
- Dihapada
- Dihudipur
- Dosia
- Gangarampur
- Kakharuni
- Khadianta
- Khanata
- Narasinghpur
- Nilakanthapur
- Oupada
- Sanjaria
- Sansarfal
- Sasana
- Singhagan
- Srirampur
- Taradipal
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