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Gram panchayat · Jeypore block · Koraput

Kaliagam gram panchayat

Kaliagam is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jeypore block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,336 people in 1,078 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jeypore assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,336
Literacy
44.4%
Area
15.8 km²
LGD code
119789

Villages of Kaliagam

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ghatobagra6662,57436.7%16%42%
Kaliagam22694958.6%1%34%
Malidolaiput18681351.8%7%8%

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 Kaliagam

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,336
2,161 male · 2,175 female
Households
1,078
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
44.4%
below Jeypore block's villages (49.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,006
below Jeypore block's villages (1,042)
Children aged 0–6
701
16.2% of residents
Workers
2,583
59.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
464 (10.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,482 (34.2%)

What the 2,583 workers did

  • Cultivators692 (26.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers849 (32.9%)
  • Household industry12 (0.5%)
  • Other work517 (20.0%)
  • Marginal workers513 (19.9%)

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 Kaliagam

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 16 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Vegetables (2), Maize (2), Sugar Cane (1), Ragi (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 Jeypore block

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