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Maidankel gram panchayat

Maidankel is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kendujhar Sadar block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 5,764 people in 1,306 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
5,764
Literacy
73.9%
Area
24.8 km²
LGD code
119460

Villages of Maidankel

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Keri3051,29776.6%14%36%
Maidanikela2761,26773.8%13%45%
Talapada22197967.8%4%72%
Basudevpur12147867.3%0%14%
Deobandha10145282.3%0%79%
Chhemandibil9144066.9%1%78%
Hariharpur6732679.5%0%0%
Jagannathapur5725183.3%0%0%
Barkhanda4117074.7%0%1%
Kaliabeda(Baliabeda)2610477.9%37%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 Maidankel

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,764
2,880 male · 2,884 female
Households
1,306
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.9%
above Kendujhar Sadar block's villages (68.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,001
about the same as Kendujhar Sadar block's villages (996)
Children aged 0–6
718
12.5% of residents
Workers
3,074
53.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
443 (7.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,519 (43.7%)

What the 3,074 workers did

  • Cultivators1,196 (38.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers882 (28.7%)
  • Household industry14 (0.5%)
  • Other work137 (4.5%)
  • Marginal workers845 (27.5%)

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 Maidankel

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 25 km², and 20% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 10
  • Middle school7 of 10
  • Secondary school4 of 10
  • Senior secondary school1 of 10
  • Degree college1 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre1 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes6 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 10
  • Public bus0 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
7
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10).

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 Kendujhar Sadar block

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