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Gram panchayat · Telkoi block · Kendujhar

Oriyabirida gram panchayat

Oriyabirida is a gram panchayat (village council) in Telkoi block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 4,631 people in 1,054 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Telkoi assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
4,631
Literacy
61.3%
Area
39.1 km²
LGD code
119526

Villages of Oriyabirida

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jata2661,24859.9%10%31%
Katarapali2631,18865.9%18%51%
Oriya22294564.8%3%78%
Dhanurjayapur10944865.7%24%27%
Pitanali6728155.7%0%77%
Purunapani5021163.0%0%100%
Sapalanji4619129.1%0%100%
Kaliapani3111938.1%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 Oriyabirida

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,631
2,285 male · 2,346 female
Households
1,054
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
61.3%
below Telkoi block's villages (65.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,027
above Telkoi block's villages (1,010)
Children aged 0–6
720
15.5% of residents
Workers
2,532
54.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
479 (10.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,582 (55.8%)

What the 2,532 workers did

  • Cultivators412 (16.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers273 (10.8%)
  • Household industry74 (2.9%)
  • Other work466 (18.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,307 (51.6%)

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 Oriyabirida

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 39 km², 11% of it sown with crops and 49% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 8
  • Middle school6 of 8
  • Secondary school4 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump7 of 8
  • Electricity for homes4 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).

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 Telkoi block

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