Gram panchayat · Rajnagar block · Kendrapara

Iswarpur gram panchayat

Iswarpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 7,068 people in 1,483 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajanagar assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 7,068
Literacy: 85.2%
Area: 19.4 km²
LGD code: 119238

Villages of Iswarpur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dighi	337	1,349	79.4%	34%	0%
Righa Garh	247	1,239	88.3%	52%	0%
Iswarpur	192	885	83.6%	8%	0%
Balabhadrapur	155	882	82.3%	23%	3%
Junus Nagar	160	756	82.7%	17%	0%
Ajagar Patia	101	492	98.1%	0%	0%
Rajbijaya Nagar	65	420	79.6%	10%	0%
Madhupur	67	294	89.5%	2%	0%
Nuakhunta	54	249	86.6%	0%	2%
Sila Pokhari	48	237	91.4%	0%	0%
Purusottampur	39	173	98.0%	0%	0%
Sana Gokhani	13	69	83.6%	0%	0%
Pitanda	5	23	88.2%	0%	0%
Bhitarkanika	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 Iswarpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,068; 3,581 male · 3,487 female
Households: 1,483; about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 85.2%; about the same as Rajnagar block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 974; about the same as Rajnagar block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6: 1,032; 14.6% of residents
Workers: 2,808; 39.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,554 (22.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 29 (0.4%)

What the 2,808 workers did

Cultivators526 (18.7%)
Agricultural labourers957 (34.1%)
Household industry39 (1.4%)
Other work165 (5.9%)
Marginal workers1,121 (39.9%)

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 Iswarpur

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 19 km², 57% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 13
Middle school4 of 13
Secondary school1 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump12 of 13
Electricity for homes13 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 13
Public bus3 of 13
Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12).

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.

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