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Gram panchayat · Badasahi block · Mayurbhanj

Chandanpur gram panchayat

Chandanpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badasahi block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 5,713 people in 1,353 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
13
Population (2011)
5,713
Literacy
70.3%
Area
12.9 km²
LGD code
120041

Villages of Chandanpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sreerampur21988872.8%1%49%
Kuradiha18175664.4%11%32%
Badagambharia16165773.6%12%25%
Tunagambharia15062475.5%3%53%
Sankucha11648772.7%16%83%
Purikhunta9144867.8%0%61%
Mahupura10040273.6%20%0%
Chandanpur6137374.7%13%67%
Bidyadharkhunta8033067.2%0%44%
Jalananda8031961.1%2%73%
Sarbeswarpur6224158.3%0%84%
Tentola4014782.2%1%4%
Guhalmara124141.7%22%68%

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 Chandanpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,713
2,795 male · 2,918 female
Households
1,353
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
70.3%
above Badasahi block's villages (64.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,044
above Badasahi block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6
710
12.4% of residents
Workers
2,878
50.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
406 (7.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,723 (47.7%)

What the 2,878 workers did

  • Cultivators690 (24.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers679 (23.6%)
  • Household industry45 (1.6%)
  • Other work225 (7.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,239 (43.1%)

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 Chandanpur

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 13 km², 56% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 13
  • Middle school2 of 13
  • Secondary school0 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre3 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump12 of 13
  • Electricity for homes13 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road11 of 13
  • Public bus1 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 13
  • Weekly haat1 of 13
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Vegetables (8).

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 Badasahi 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 Chandanpur? Share it with us.