Gram panchayat · Rajnagar block · Kendrapara

Kandira gram panchayat

Kandira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 24 villages, home to 6,507 people in 1,495 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajanagar assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 24
Population (2011): 6,507
Literacy: 82.4%
Area: 26 km²
LGD code: 119239

Villages of Kandira

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Madhupur	174	894	67.1%	35%	0%
Balarampur	182	819	84.6%	16%	0%
Hansua	180	778	90.8%	0%	0%
Kandira	201	756	81.7%	28%	0%
Jaganathpur	113	509	87.6%	4%	0%
Baunsakani	96	428	90.1%	5%	0%
Baruna	78	334	90.6%	0%	0%
Padmanavpur	80	324	83.3%	0%	0%
Hansina	78	309	92.1%	0%	0%
Nalajodi	64	287	69.5%	0%	0%
Nethuria	62	257	88.1%	0%	0%
Badapal	53	209	62.5%	0%	0%
Chakamanpur	33	183	88.3%	0%	0%
Bektakolha	39	156	64.2%	0%	0%
Amanapari	16	67	87.7%	97%	0%
Gothakolha	19	66	89.7%	0%	0%
Dibakarpur	11	53	93.5%	0%	0%
Sribantapur	8	42	82.5%	0%	0%
Khuntakana	5	20	94.4%	0%	0%
Sankarnathpeta	2	11	60.0%	0%	0%
Hansina Dia	1	5	100.0%	0%	0%
Arjunpur	0	0	–	–	–
Nuagaon(Satagan)	0	0	–	–	–
Ogalasendha	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 Kandira

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,507; 3,303 male · 3,204 female
Households: 1,495; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 82.4%; below Rajnagar block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 970; about the same as Rajnagar block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6: 970; 14.9% of residents
Workers: 2,047; 31.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 766 (11.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1 (0.0%)

What the 2,047 workers did

Cultivators538 (26.3%)
Agricultural labourers689 (33.7%)
Household industry28 (1.4%)
Other work253 (12.4%)
Marginal workers539 (26.3%)

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 Kandira

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 24 villages cover 26 km², 12% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 21
Middle school3 of 21
Secondary school3 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre1 of 21
Anganwadi centre10 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump18 of 21
Electricity for homes21 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road4 of 21
Public bus2 of 21
Mobile phone coverage21 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 21
Weekly haat1 of 21

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20).

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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