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Gram panchayat · Rajnagar block · Kendrapara

Bandhapada gram panchayat

Bandhapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 7,097 people in 1,544 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajanagar assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
7,097
Literacy
86.9%
Area
9.2 km²
LGD code
119232

Villages of Bandhapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Santhapada2691,28191.9%0%0%
Madhyapara3031,23083.7%25%0%
Firikidandi1961,02687.4%4%0%
Chakibanka18480891.4%3%0%
Khandeipara16673178.4%60%0%
Bandhapara18769275.2%5%0%
Dakhinadandi12462794.7%0%0%
Tangataila8656493.9%0%0%
Govindpur2913875.6%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 Bandhapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,097
3,564 male · 3,533 female
Households
1,544
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.9%
above Rajnagar block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
991
above Rajnagar block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
802
11.3% of residents
Workers
2,516
35.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
838 (11.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 2,516 workers did

  • Cultivators599 (23.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers282 (11.2%)
  • Household industry36 (1.4%)
  • Other work502 (20.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,097 (43.6%)

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 Bandhapada

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 9 km², 14% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school3 of 9
  • Secondary school3 of 9
  • Senior secondary school1 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Rajnagar block

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