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Gram panchayat · Dasamantapur block · Koraput

Pindapadar gram panchayat

Pindapadar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dasamantapur block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 3,994 people in 1,118 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lakshmipur assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
13
Population (2011)
3,994
Literacy
26.0%
Area
35.2 km²
LGD code
119775

Villages of Pindapadar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Maruar3731,25941.7%2%66%
Baragachha18765613.6%0%75%
Sorispadar16862123.8%6%54%
Birighat10436913.9%0%94%
Kodikipadar572625.6%5%87%
Chindrijodi6224518.4%0%53%
Naragachha561944.6%0%99%
Nakhimal5219233.3%0%97%
Deokharag5118243.1%0%31%
Barigachha81457.1%0%50%
Cherampadar00–––
Kamilitiguda00–––
Phatkambapadar00–––

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 Pindapadar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,994
1,992 male · 2,002 female
Households
1,118
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
26.0%
below Dasamantapur block's villages (42.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,005
below Dasamantapur block's villages (1,063)
Children aged 0–6
753
18.9% of residents
Workers
2,368
59.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
71 (1.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,802 (70.2%)

What the 2,368 workers did

  • Cultivators290 (12.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers97 (4.1%)
  • Household industry1 (0.0%)
  • Other work29 (1.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,951 (82.4%)

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 Pindapadar

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 35 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 10
  • Middle school1 of 10
  • Secondary school0 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre0 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes3 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 10
  • Public bus0 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Oil Seeds (10), Maize (10), Ragi (10).

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 Dasamantapur block

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