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Gram panchayat · Rajkanika block · Kendrapara

Charapada gram panchayat

Charapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 4,640 people in 1,153 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Aul assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
4,640
Literacy
81.7%
Area
4.7 km²
LGD code
119211

Villages of Charapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Charapada1,1534,64081.7%30%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 Charapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,640
2,130 male · 2,510 female
Households
1,153
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.7%
below Rajkanika block's villages (86.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,178
above Rajkanika block's villages (1,088)
Children aged 0–6
533
11.5% of residents
Workers
1,236
26.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,386 (29.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
4 (0.1%)

What the 1,236 workers did

  • Cultivators235 (19.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers88 (7.1%)
  • Household industry9 (0.7%)
  • Other work351 (28.4%)
  • Marginal workers553 (44.7%)

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 Charapada

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 5 km², 45% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 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 bus0 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
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Rajkanika block

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