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Gram panchayat · Rajkanika block · Kendrapara

Jayanagar gram panchayat

Jayanagar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 7,988 people in 1,647 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Aul assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
7,988
Literacy
84.9%
Area
16.3 km²
LGD code
119215

Villages of Jayanagar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bajarpur2561,28986.3%28%0%
Jayanagar2371,15291.5%12%0%
Khunta19991872.6%39%0%
Raulia14075887.5%0%0%
Taneipada17075484.6%29%0%
Endulapur13162787.1%3%0%
Anantapur13958569.2%0%0%
Kujipur11957189.6%0%0%
Iswarpur10957089.7%20%0%
Kusunpur8546886.7%0%0%
Badapanka6229690.1%0%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 Jayanagar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,988
3,958 male · 4,030 female
Households
1,647
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.9%
below Rajkanika block's villages (86.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,018
below Rajkanika block's villages (1,088)
Children aged 0–6
961
12.0% of residents
Workers
2,205
27.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,216 (15.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,205 workers did

  • Cultivators698 (31.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers397 (18.0%)
  • Household industry75 (3.4%)
  • Other work446 (20.2%)
  • Marginal workers589 (26.7%)

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 Jayanagar

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 16 km², 13% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 11
  • Middle school4 of 11
  • Secondary school3 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre1 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump11 of 11
  • Electricity for homes11 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 11
  • Public bus1 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop8 of 11
  • Weekly haat9 of 11
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Rajkanika block

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