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Gram panchayat · Harichadanpur block · Kendujhar

Thakurapada gram panchayat

Thakurapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Harichadanpur block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,069 people in 1,250 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Telkoi assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,069
Literacy
70.4%
Area
25.7 km²
LGD code
119381

Villages of Thakurapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Raidiha4981,96871.8%4%44%
Kaptipada18973664.8%0%65%
Ghasanatanger13759875.1%15%42%
Kaliaduma9239674.0%9%27%
Pitatangar8938982.3%6%14%
Thakurpada9436571.1%5%25%
Bayapita7328667.1%0%13%
Deulahudi5021343.8%0%100%
Sankarapur2811854.7%4%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 Thakurapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,069
2,552 male · 2,517 female
Households
1,250
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
70.4%
above Harichadanpur block's villages (61.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
986
about the same as Harichadanpur block's villages (994)
Children aged 0–6
715
14.1% of residents
Workers
2,746
54.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
257 (5.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,089 (41.2%)

What the 2,746 workers did

  • Cultivators571 (20.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers600 (21.8%)
  • Household industry40 (1.5%)
  • Other work366 (13.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,169 (42.6%)

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 Thakurapada

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 26 km², 43% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school5 of 9
  • Secondary school0 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes0 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
  • Weekly haat4 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Wheat (5), Vegetable (5), Vegetables (2), Oilseed (2).

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

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Thakurapada? Share it with us.