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Gram panchayat · Nandapur block · Koraput

Nandaka gram panchayat

Nandaka is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nandapur block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 2,907 people in 686 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pottangi assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
2,907
Literacy
22.2%
Area
16.3 km²
LGD code
119883

Villages of Nandaka

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nondaka (Nandaka)4331,82925.5%1%54%
Parajaburura6830415.3%0%75%
Pansaput5222110.8%0%100%
Kudikipadar4920611.9%0%100%
Bijagura3414923.8%0%100%
Halai2912627.9%0%100%
Bandhagura134317.5%0%100%
Jhankarguda8295.0%0%100%

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 Nandaka

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,907
1,419 male · 1,488 female
Households
686
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
22.2%
below Nandapur block's villages (41.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,049
below Nandapur block's villages (1,059)
Children aged 0–6
538
18.5% of residents
Workers
1,726
59.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
12 (0.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,995 (68.6%)

What the 1,726 workers did

  • Cultivators462 (26.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers317 (18.4%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work127 (7.4%)
  • Marginal workers818 (47.4%)

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 Nandaka

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 16 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school0 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes0 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Ragi (8), Paddy (8), Vegetable (2), Nizer Seed (1), Vegetables (1), Neger Seeds (1), Niger Seeds (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 Nandapur block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Nandaka? Share it with us.