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Gram panchayat · Boipariguda block · Koraput

Kollar gram panchayat

Kollar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Boipariguda block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 19 villages, home to 7,979 people in 1,876 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Koraput assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
19
Population (2011)
7,979
Literacy
34.4%
Area
42.6 km²
LGD code
119726

Villages of Kollar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kollar5072,32038.8%23%46%
Rampur3441,44229.7%12%48%
Goniput19686436.7%22%38%
Hatipakhna20483021.4%2%97%
Muduliguda15663133.2%0%95%
Keraput15254563.8%3%1%
Majhiguda8841443.1%59%23%
Kandhpodapadar3818811.1%0%97%
Kebedaatal2310233.8%0%85%
Hatipakna2510116.2%0%94%
Gelaguda279813.6%0%100%
Palkabasa228524.7%0%100%
Purunapani21808.8%0%100%
Rukuniatal20804.9%0%98%
Sukriguda18809.7%0%98%
Gudumpari196820.7%0%0%
Sarandajodi165154.1%0%100%
Bangiriaguda00–––
Rampuriaguda00–––

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 Kollar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,979
3,890 male · 4,089 female
Households
1,876
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
34.4%
below Boipariguda block's villages (36.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,051
about the same as Boipariguda block's villages (1,047)
Children aged 0–6
1,484
18.6% of residents
Workers
4,080
51.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,176 (14.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,423 (55.4%)

What the 4,080 workers did

  • Cultivators962 (23.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers441 (10.8%)
  • Household industry18 (0.4%)
  • Other work431 (10.6%)
  • Marginal workers2,228 (54.6%)

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 Kollar

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 19 villages cover 43 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 17
  • Middle school1 of 17
  • Secondary school0 of 17
  • Senior secondary school0 of 17
  • Degree college0 of 17

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 17
  • Health sub-centre2 of 17
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 17

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 17
  • Hand pump16 of 17
  • Electricity for homes9 of 17

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road14 of 17
  • Public bus0 of 17
  • Mobile phone coverage13 of 17

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 17
  • Commercial bank0 of 17
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 17
  • Weekly haat1 of 17
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17), Ragi (14), Others (1), Til (1), Nizer Seeds (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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