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Padmagiri gram panchayat

Padmagiri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Malkangiri block of Malkangiri district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,349 people in 1,311 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Malkangiri assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,349
Literacy
58.9%
Area
32.6 km²
LGD code
119999

Villages of Padmagiri

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Padmagiri5192,64370.4%20%67%
Boilapari3881,71546.6%23%76%
Jaduguda3411,69461.2%45%32%
Dangarguda421974.6%0%99%
Mauliguda211004.4%0%100%
Chandanguda00–––

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 Padmagiri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,349
3,207 male · 3,142 female
Households
1,311
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.9%
above Malkangiri block's villages (46.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
980
below Malkangiri block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
1,029
16.2% of residents
Workers
3,276
51.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,672 (26.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,913 (61.6%)

What the 3,276 workers did

  • Cultivators1,518 (46.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers446 (13.6%)
  • Household industry20 (0.6%)
  • Other work325 (9.9%)
  • Marginal workers967 (29.5%)

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 Padmagiri

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 33 km², 16% of it sown with crops and 21% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes3 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Malkangiri block

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