Gram panchayat · Bolagarh block · Khordha

Gopalpur gram panchayat

Gopalpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bolagarh block of Khordha district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 8,535 people in 1,940 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Begunia assembly constituency and the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 8,535
Literacy: 85.8%
Area: 19.6 km²
LGD code: 119627

Villages of Gopalpur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Deuli	244	1,058	79.7%	1%	26%
Durgaprasad	245	1,052	85.1%	7%	1%
Talatumb	172	678	98.8%	0%	24%
Manikpur	135	618	84.9%	9%	24%
Dakhinparikheta	144	604	90.2%	14%	17%
Narayanipada	129	593	79.6%	6%	40%
Mugamanda	135	574	85.4%	7%	8%
Gopalpur	100	506	85.6%	20%	0%
Simapalli	121	503	82.0%	7%	38%
Biswanathpur	116	499	87.0%	0%	0%
Jamusahi	77	411	93.6%	0%	0%
Haripur	92	400	86.8%	0%	0%
Barabati	54	205	85.9%	3%	0%
Nayapally	34	187	79.3%	0%	0%
Sibaprasad	38	171	82.9%	0%	5%
Tulasiberena	27	142	89.2%	0%	0%
Abhilo	25	127	87.4%	4%	0%
Anantapalli	24	104	73.4%	0%	0%
Ramaprasad	26	94	88.1%	21%	0%
Bathua	2	9	100.0%	0%	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 Gopalpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,535; 4,393 male · 4,142 female
Households: 1,940; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 85.8%; above Bolagarh block's villages (84.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 943; about the same as Bolagarh block's villages (943)
Children aged 0–6: 901; 10.6% of residents
Workers: 2,906; 34.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 462 (5.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,173 (13.7%)

What the 2,906 workers did

Cultivators493 (17.0%)
Agricultural labourers555 (19.1%)
Household industry135 (4.6%)
Other work709 (24.4%)
Marginal workers1,014 (34.9%)

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 Gopalpur

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 20 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

Primary school15 of 20
Middle school8 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre0 of 20
Anganwadi centre13 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes17 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road2 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage19 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 20
Weekly haat0 of 20

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Brinjal (1), Cashew Nut (1).

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 Bolagarh block

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