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Gram panchayat · Tangi block · Khordha

Dia gram panchayat

Dia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tangi block of Khordha district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,800 people in 1,223 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Khurda assembly constituency and the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
5,800
Literacy
86.6%
Area
9.7 km²
LGD code
275258

Villages of Dia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dia4252,06686.0%10%0%
Raulahaja2361,14990.2%13%7%
Badapatna16971078.9%13%0%
Kapileswar12155884.1%3%0%
Gauratisahi9843687.7%0%0%
Gopinathpurpatna7139790.0%17%0%
Kashipur7032489.7%25%0%
Patajoshipur3316091.8%67%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 Dia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,800
2,950 male · 2,850 female
Households
1,223
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.6%
above Tangi block's villages (80.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
966
above Tangi block's villages (955)
Children aged 0–6
642
11.1% of residents
Workers
1,708
29.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
724 (12.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
76 (1.3%)

What the 1,708 workers did

  • Cultivators161 (9.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers177 (10.4%)
  • Household industry92 (5.4%)
  • Other work721 (42.2%)
  • Marginal workers557 (32.6%)

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 Dia

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 10 km², 65% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school0 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

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

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
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 Tangi block

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