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Gram panchayat · Boipariguda block · Koraput

Dandabadi gram panchayat

Dandabadi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Boipariguda block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 37 villages, home to 8,763 people in 2,104 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kotpad assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
37
Population (2011)
8,763
Literacy
23.7%
Area
49.2 km²
LGD code
119720

Villages of Dandabadi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dandabadi7223,14334.3%24%59%
Matiguda1515995.8%2%86%
Ratakhandi14458928.6%34%39%
Purudabeda9241017.4%29%52%
Kadalipadar8836717.8%11%88%
Pandripani7632625.6%56%43%
Chilpajodi6924922.5%0%94%
Dumuripadar5322521.5%0%81%
Chamelikund5921717.1%0%59%
Kaliaatal5821115.1%0%83%
Bhringraj jodi4219136.9%0%100%
Kadaljodi4417912.6%0%100%
Kulabeda3817211.6%15%83%
Badiniput5516916.2%8%92%
Damanjodi401655.7%7%93%
Dhobaatal3715210.6%0%100%
Bakulijodi3714815.8%0%97%
Limbapadara331447.3%0%100%
Dangajodi3514225.5%74%25%
Khodakund3112522.3%0%0%
Phatkamunda2510619.3%1%99%
Kaliajhali2310535.9%0%2%
Batiguda2710418.7%48%51%
Chhodaamba18942.9%0%100%
Kadikipani229416.3%68%32%
Marichatal228221.7%0%100%
Panganpani237312.9%11%89%
Dumuriguda166413.7%0%100%
Sapagada10496.3%0%0%
Sadakput7353.7%0%100%
Gandhigan7346.9%76%24%
Dabajodi00–––
Dabguda00–––
Damanjodi00–––
Ranaguda00–––
Baghabeda–––––
Totapani–––––

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 Dandabadi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,763
4,308 male · 4,455 female
Households
2,104
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
23.7%
below Boipariguda block's villages (36.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,034
below Boipariguda block's villages (1,047)
Children aged 0–6
1,770
20.2% of residents
Workers
5,046
57.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,610 (18.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
5,831 (66.5%)

What the 5,046 workers did

  • Cultivators1,100 (21.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers703 (13.9%)
  • Household industry10 (0.2%)
  • Other work266 (5.3%)
  • Marginal workers2,967 (58.8%)

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 Dandabadi

How many of the 31 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 35 villages cover 49 km², 46% of it sown with crops and 40% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 31
  • Middle school2 of 31
  • Secondary school0 of 31
  • Senior secondary school0 of 31
  • Degree college0 of 31

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 31
  • Health sub-centre0 of 31
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 31

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 31
  • Hand pump29 of 31
  • Electricity for homes14 of 31

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road14 of 31
  • Public bus0 of 31
  • Mobile phone coverage15 of 31

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 31
  • Commercial bank0 of 31
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 31
  • Weekly haat1 of 31
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (31), Ragi (24), Til (5), Others (5), Vegetables (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 Boipariguda block

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