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Mahadeiput gram panchayat

Mahadeiput is a gram panchayat (village council) in Koraput block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 4,655 people in 1,135 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Koraput assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
4,655
Literacy
61.5%
Area
35.8 km²
LGD code
119806

Villages of Mahadeiput

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mahadeiput1701,11781.5%8%44%
Litiguda14243839.3%20%9%
Doliamba12238153.6%5%72%
Mandaguda3838080.2%6%92%
Panasput10235349.7%24%1%
Dolaiput7833565.1%4%27%
Belaput8329548.6%0%38%
Machhara-II6523050.8%20%70%
Kerengaguda6822953.0%0%59%
Badamput6320151.5%0%15%
Ekdili6019747.8%22%41%
Karanjiguda4013644.8%2%35%
Putpandi4012345.1%0%100%
Thatpadar3011472.2%100%0%
Rengaguda238278.3%0%0%
Chatiguda114462.9%100%0%

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 Mahadeiput

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,655
2,262 male · 2,393 female
Households
1,135
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
61.5%
above Koraput block's villages (48.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,058
about the same as Koraput block's villages (1,066)
Children aged 0–6
745
16.0% of residents
Workers
2,202
47.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
564 (12.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,940 (41.7%)

What the 2,202 workers did

  • Cultivators755 (34.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers335 (15.2%)
  • Household industry17 (0.8%)
  • Other work229 (10.4%)
  • Marginal workers866 (39.3%)

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 Mahadeiput

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 36 km², 21% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school14 of 16
  • Middle school4 of 16
  • Secondary school0 of 16
  • Senior secondary school0 of 16
  • Degree college0 of 16

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 16
  • Health sub-centre2 of 16
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 16

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 16
  • Hand pump16 of 16
  • Electricity for homes15 of 16

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road10 of 16
  • Public bus0 of 16
  • Mobile phone coverage15 of 16

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 16
  • Commercial bank0 of 16
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 16
  • Weekly haat0 of 16
Primary schools
15
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Ragi (16), Nizer (16).

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 Koraput block

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