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Gram panchayat · Rajkanika block · Kendrapara

Panasgand gram panchayat

Panasgand is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,096 people in 831 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Aul assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,096
Literacy
77.7%
Area
3.1 km²
LGD code
119224

Villages of Panasgand

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Panasaganda5802,04976.0%51%0%
Fazilpur11752286.8%20%0%
Damodarpur12850374.3%67%0%
Mahamadpur62290.5%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 Panasgand

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,096
1,477 male · 1,619 female
Households
831
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.7%
below Rajkanika block's villages (86.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,096
about the same as Rajkanika block's villages (1,088)
Children aged 0–6
451
14.6% of residents
Workers
847
27.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,492 (48.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2 (0.1%)

What the 847 workers did

  • Cultivators356 (42.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers226 (26.7%)
  • Household industry13 (1.5%)
  • Other work129 (15.2%)
  • Marginal workers123 (14.5%)

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 Panasgand

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 3 km², 45% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
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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