Gram panchayat · Harichadanpur block · Kendujhar

Pithagola gram panchayat

Pithagola is a gram panchayat (village council) in Harichadanpur block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 7,934 people in 1,997 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Telkoi assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 7,934
Literacy: 64.7%
Area: 51.3 km²
LGD code: 119374

Villages of Pithagola

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Pithagola	482	1,778	71.5%	18%	16%
Tambahara	288	1,140	71.5%	12%	42%
Nandara	245	1,075	71.9%	6%	43%
Kharaba	196	744	37.1%	1%	93%
Rampakoto	142	519	56.1%	13%	50%
Kuladhankuni	133	515	45.2%	7%	63%
Tangarbahali	108	430	87.4%	4%	45%
Khedapada	101	415	49.2%	0%	62%
Alanga	95	391	52.5%	0%	92%
Saradhapasi	87	374	75.8%	0%	60%
Balipasi	65	313	88.3%	0%	98%
Maragola	55	240	38.2%	0%	99%
Dosamali	0	0	–	–	–
Nakitipasi	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 Pithagola

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,934; 3,859 male · 4,075 female
Households: 1,997; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 64.7%; above Harichadanpur block's villages (61.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,056; above Harichadanpur block's villages (994)
Children aged 0–6: 1,073; 13.5% of residents
Workers: 3,787; 47.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 650 (8.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,084 (51.5%)

What the 3,787 workers did

Cultivators891 (23.5%)
Agricultural labourers422 (11.1%)
Household industry57 (1.5%)
Other work443 (11.7%)
Marginal workers1,974 (52.1%)

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 Pithagola

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 51 km², 5% of it sown with crops and 25% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 12
Middle school8 of 12
Secondary school6 of 12
Senior secondary school1 of 12
Degree college1 of 12

Health

Primary health centre0 of 12
Health sub-centre1 of 12
Anganwadi centre12 of 12

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 12
Hand pump11 of 12
Electricity for homes0 of 12

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 12
Public bus0 of 12
Mobile phone coverage12 of 12

Services

Post office or sub post office5 of 12
Commercial bank0 of 12
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 12
Weekly haat3 of 12

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 9
Secondary schools: 8
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Wheat (3), Vegetable (3), Vegetables (1), Oilseed (1).

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 Harichadanpur block

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