Gram panchayat · Bolagarh block · Khordha

Kalanga gram panchayat

Kalanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bolagarh block of Khordha district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 6,111 people in 1,447 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Begunia assembly constituency and the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 6,111
Literacy: 86.1%
Area: 12.2 km²
LGD code: 119629

Villages of Kalanga

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gobardhanpur	224	934	80.0%	10%	0%
Malisahi	187	773	84.7%	6%	0%
Firifirapatana	170	729	86.0%	13%	0%
Godabhanga	167	726	86.1%	1%	0%
Kamallochanpur	160	663	86.5%	2%	0%
Paikasahi	87	355	85.1%	24%	0%
Naupada	67	305	85.5%	4%	0%
Dibya singhapursasan	73	287	92.1%	7%	0%
Makundapur	56	274	91.4%	0%	0%
Kalanga	62	252	89.4%	33%	0%
Kalangapatana	58	239	88.3%	0%	0%
Chalanapada	47	206	85.6%	0%	0%
Kalanga Dianipatana	35	136	92.7%	0%	0%
Kumbharalunda	26	118	89.0%	0%	0%
Kalangajhansipatana	28	114	96.1%	20%	0%
Kumari	0	0	–	–	–
Madhupur	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 Kalanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,111; 3,134 male · 2,977 female
Households: 1,447; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 86.1%; above Bolagarh block's villages (84.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 950; about the same as Bolagarh block's villages (943)
Children aged 0–6: 661; 10.8% of residents
Workers: 2,080; 34.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 484 (7.9%)
Scheduled Tribes: 0 (0.0%)

What the 2,080 workers did

Cultivators475 (22.8%)
Agricultural labourers304 (14.6%)
Household industry43 (2.1%)
Other work571 (27.5%)
Marginal workers687 (33.0%)

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 Kalanga

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 12 km², 62% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 15
Middle school7 of 15
Secondary school2 of 15
Senior secondary school0 of 15
Degree college0 of 15

Health

Primary health centre0 of 15
Health sub-centre1 of 15
Anganwadi centre12 of 15

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 15
Hand pump14 of 15
Electricity for homes9 of 15

Roads & transport

All-weather road15 of 15
Public bus2 of 15
Mobile phone coverage15 of 15

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 15
Commercial bank0 of 15
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 15
Weekly haat0 of 15

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (23), Paddy (11), Pulses (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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