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Gram panchayat · Betnoti block · Mayurbhanj

Muktapur gram panchayat

Muktapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Betnoti block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,670 people in 897 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,670
Literacy
63.4%
Area
8.1 km²
LGD code
120120

Villages of Muktapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chhataraipur23692465.1%13%31%
Muktapur21685763.5%61%4%
Manatapal19980763.5%2%60%
Chanchhipada8840353.6%0%71%
Paroi8235764.8%14%83%
Podapada3717255.7%0%100%
Nuagan227892.6%5%0%
Karanjkoili177275.0%0%49%

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 Muktapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,670
1,808 male · 1,862 female
Households
897
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.4%
below Betnoti block's villages (66.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,030
above Betnoti block's villages (986)
Children aged 0–6
464
12.6% of residents
Workers
1,929
52.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
722 (19.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,592 (43.4%)

What the 1,929 workers did

  • Cultivators247 (12.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers106 (5.5%)
  • Household industry65 (3.4%)
  • Other work187 (9.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,324 (68.6%)

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 Muktapur

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 8 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7). Handicrafts: Grass Mats (4).

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 Betnoti block

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