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Gram panchayat · Kalimela block · Malkangiri

Malavaram gram panchayat

Malavaram is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalimela block of Malkangiri district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 6,414 people in 1,427 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Malkangiri assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
6,414
Literacy
43.8%
Area
15.4 km²
LGD code
119942

Villages of Malavaram

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Malabharam4782,24550.4%28%54%
Tendraspaly3011,29839.2%40%42%
Sarbanpaly2301,16439.5%29%49%
Anantapalli24497554.9%9%43%
Nilakota10040928.0%0%100%
Dopenkonda4921216.3%0%100%
Berenpalli2511116.9%0%95%
Eraganda00–––

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 Malavaram

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,414
3,327 male · 3,087 female
Households
1,427
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
43.8%
below Kalimela block's villages (51.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
928
below Kalimela block's villages (994)
Children aged 0–6
1,047
16.3% of residents
Workers
3,385
52.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,559 (24.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,470 (54.1%)

What the 3,385 workers did

  • Cultivators1,586 (46.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers97 (2.9%)
  • Household industry11 (0.3%)
  • Other work262 (7.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,429 (42.2%)

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 Malavaram

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 15 km², 28% of it sown with crops and 40% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school5 of 7
  • Secondary school0 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre2 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes1 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 7
  • Public bus1 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Til (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 Kalimela 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 Malavaram? Share it with us.