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Gram panchayat · Bhubaneswar block · Khordha

Dadha gram panchayat

Dadha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhubaneswar block of Khordha district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,641 people in 1,412 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhubaneswar North (Uttar) assembly constituency and the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,641
Literacy
86.8%
Area
7.8 km²
LGD code
119602

Villages of Dadha

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Padasahi5592,64288.0%34%0%
Balipada3081,41783.7%15%0%
Marchia17585989.2%5%0%
Dadha15771590.1%41%5%
Jhinkardiha12055584.5%0%0%
Kantunia9345383.7%17%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 Dadha

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,641
3,353 male · 3,288 female
Households
1,412
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.8%
above Bhubaneswar block's villages (84.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
981
above Bhubaneswar block's villages (954)
Children aged 0–6
737
11.1% of residents
Workers
2,285
34.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,526 (23.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
37 (0.6%)

What the 2,285 workers did

  • Cultivators227 (9.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers141 (6.2%)
  • Household industry70 (3.1%)
  • Other work1,362 (59.6%)
  • Marginal workers485 (21.2%)

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 Dadha

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 8 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school4 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school1 of 6
  • Degree college1 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road6 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Bhubaneswar block

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