Skip to content

Gram panchayat · Joda block · Kendujhar

Chamakapur gram panchayat

Chamakapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Joda block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 6,794 people in 1,601 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Champua assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
6,794
Literacy
55.1%
Area
39.3 km²
LGD code
119442

Villages of Chamakapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chamakpur4831,82955.5%26%66%
Dhobakuchuda2581,19158.0%8%80%
Sankarapur2381,02253.5%4%70%
Rugudi20380842.6%14%43%
Revenshapur(Ka)15167056.2%0%54%
Murusuan12655865.0%20%29%
Revenshapur(Kha)5735067.4%1%47%
Gugudari5927537.6%0%99%
Hariharpur269166.3%0%100%

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 Chamakapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,794
3,333 male · 3,461 female
Households
1,601
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
55.1%
below Joda block's villages (56.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,038
above Joda block's villages (957)
Children aged 0–6
1,181
17.4% of residents
Workers
2,680
39.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
824 (12.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,280 (63.0%)

What the 2,680 workers did

  • Cultivators810 (30.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers119 (4.4%)
  • Household industry51 (1.9%)
  • Other work491 (18.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,209 (45.1%)

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 Chamakapur

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 39 km², 4% of it sown with crops and 37% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 9
  • Middle school2 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre3 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes7 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus9 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 haat0 of 9
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Joda 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 Chamakapur? Share it with us.