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Khadikapada gram panchayat

Khadikapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Saharapada block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,409 people in 752 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patna assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,409
Literacy
58.4%
Area
20.1 km²
LGD code
119501

Villages of Khadikapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khadikapada2991,25458.3%3%38%
Khadibeda10359560.5%3%92%
Gayalkund10549955.7%0%100%
Purunapani10842471.7%19%6%
Haridagotha8839252.5%0%90%
Nuagaonbudhusahi4924542.9%0%82%

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 Khadikapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,409
1,672 male · 1,737 female
Households
752
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.4%
below Saharapada block's villages (65.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,039
about the same as Saharapada block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
636
18.7% of residents
Workers
1,805
52.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
139 (4.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,105 (61.7%)

What the 1,805 workers did

  • Cultivators630 (34.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers513 (28.4%)
  • Household industry4 (0.2%)
  • Other work92 (5.1%)
  • Marginal workers566 (31.4%)

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 Khadikapada

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 20 km², 16% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school1 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre2 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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 Saharapada 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 Khadikapada? Share it with us.