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Gram panchayat · Saharapada block · Kendujhar

Udayapur gram panchayat

Udayapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Saharapada block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,844 people in 1,423 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patna assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,844
Literacy
71.0%
Area
24.5 km²
LGD code
119512

Villages of Udayapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Udayapur1,1184,54871.4%19%29%
Maudipa19988466.4%4%87%
Raipur9437278.9%0%1%
Govindapur124047.1%0%0%
Banapada00–––

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 Udayapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,844
2,899 male · 2,945 female
Households
1,423
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
71.0%
above Saharapada block's villages (65.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,016
below Saharapada block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
683
11.7% of residents
Workers
3,047
52.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
912 (15.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,110 (36.1%)

What the 3,047 workers did

  • Cultivators1,193 (39.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers627 (20.6%)
  • Household industry18 (0.6%)
  • Other work574 (18.8%)
  • Marginal workers635 (20.8%)

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 Udayapur

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 25 km², 6% of it sown with crops and 12% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school3 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college1 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre1 of 4
  • Health sub-centre2 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus3 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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

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