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Gram panchayat · Lamtaput block · Koraput

Chikenput gram panchayat

Chikenput is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lamtaput block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 2,610 people in 573 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
2,610
Literacy
42.7%
Area
28.6 km²
LGD code
119843

Villages of Chikenput

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mantriput16765329.8%17%43%
Sikral11347829.5%16%48%
Chikeniput2344893.7%10%79%
Kunjamba7025934.8%31%63%
Ganel5821046.9%30%58%
Mundaput4419122.9%2%95%
Suramal4317541.7%15%78%
Kodaput271000.0%0%0%
Kharasapada289650.0%0%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 Chikenput

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,610
1,346 male · 1,264 female
Households
573
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
42.7%
above Lamtaput block's villages (41.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
939
below Lamtaput block's villages (1,051)
Children aged 0–6
494
18.9% of residents
Workers
1,325
50.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
407 (15.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,465 (56.1%)

What the 1,325 workers did

  • Cultivators368 (27.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers41 (3.1%)
  • Household industry0 (0.0%)
  • Other work26 (2.0%)
  • Marginal workers890 (67.2%)

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 Chikenput

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 29 km², 6% of it sown with crops and 17% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school4 of 9
  • Secondary school2 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre0 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes1 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Lamtaput block

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