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Muktapuir gram panchayat

Muktapuir is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ghatgaon block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 3,779 people in 835 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
3,779
Literacy
66.8%
Area
19 km²
LGD code
119343

Villages of Muktapuir

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Muktapur20294663.9%3%84%
Mudurabeda14071473.6%0%72%
Dalangapani12357470.8%0%71%
Ramachandrapur11650561.6%0%96%
Machhabhanda12348363.7%0%10%
Baghaghara6829165.9%0%68%
GhuntJharia6326667.5%0%54%

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 Muktapuir

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,779
1,852 male · 1,927 female
Households
835
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
66.8%
about the same as Ghatgaon block's villages (66.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,040
above Ghatgaon block's villages (1,003)
Children aged 0–6
538
14.2% of residents
Workers
1,704
45.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
25 (0.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,590 (68.5%)

What the 1,704 workers did

  • Cultivators501 (29.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers32 (1.9%)
  • Household industry34 (2.0%)
  • Other work222 (13.0%)
  • Marginal workers915 (53.7%)

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 Muktapuir

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 19 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school5 of 7
  • Secondary school4 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college1 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes3 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat3 of 7
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Vegetables (7), Oilseed (7).

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 Ghatgaon block

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