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Rajpur gram panchayat

Rajpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,260 people in 804 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajanagar assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,260
Literacy
81.1%
Area
6 km²
LGD code
275165

Villages of Rajpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rajpur4762,59378.5%19%0%
Chandanpur2141,09187.1%4%0%
Balabhadraprasad11457681.0%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 Rajpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,260
2,126 male · 2,134 female
Households
804
about 5.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.1%
below Rajnagar block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,004
above Rajnagar block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
550
12.9% of residents
Workers
1,118
26.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
538 (12.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,118 workers did

  • Cultivators264 (23.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers324 (29.0%)
  • Household industry14 (1.3%)
  • Other work362 (32.4%)
  • Marginal workers154 (13.8%)

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 Rajpur

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 6 km², .

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school0 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

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

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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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