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Gram panchayat · Borigumma block · Koraput

Ranaspur gram panchayat

Ranaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Borigumma block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,823 people in 1,244 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jeypore assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,823
Literacy
34.3%
Area
29.1 km²
LGD code
119756

Villages of Ranaspur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Janiguda3961,51225.7%2%62%
Chandalguda2701,07026.8%19%53%
Ranaspur22895665.6%48%25%
Merdamal14251124.4%40%46%
Jadaput11647044.0%0%98%
Ramguda923045.7%1%79%

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 Ranaspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,823
2,311 male · 2,512 female
Households
1,244
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
34.3%
below Borigumma block's villages (45.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,087
above Borigumma block's villages (1,033)
Children aged 0–6
855
17.7% of residents
Workers
2,874
59.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
896 (18.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,674 (55.4%)

What the 2,874 workers did

  • Cultivators373 (13.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers517 (18.0%)
  • Household industry24 (0.8%)
  • Other work292 (10.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,668 (58.0%)

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 Ranaspur

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 29 km², 24% of it sown with crops and 16% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school0 of 6
  • Secondary school0 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Sugarcane (4), Ragi (1), Raggi. (1), Raggy (1), Raggi (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 Borigumma block

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