Gram panchayat · Joshipur block · Mayurbhanj

Chakidi gram panchayat

Chakidi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Joshipur block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 6,327 people in 1,400 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jashipur assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 6,327
Literacy: 45.9%
Area: 29.4 km²
LGD code: 120175

Villages of Chakidi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Siltia	145	817	45.3%	0%	98%
Chakidi	176	698	49.1%	0%	95%
Gandirabeda	132	643	54.4%	0%	88%
Asura	100	443	41.0%	0%	98%
Chhamudia	97	428	70.8%	0%	58%
Ambatalia	99	426	23.8%	0%	99%
Naubudani	94	386	53.8%	0%	97%
Dalkibeda	84	381	37.4%	0%	99%
Ashoki	92	371	40.5%	0%	88%
Nuhamalia	74	330	42.9%	2%	97%
Banpandugandi	72	301	58.6%	0%	100%
Ashokihill	63	295	36.0%	0%	100%
Baliaban	42	206	31.3%	0%	100%
Badamaranda	42	190	48.1%	0%	97%
Sinduria	39	181	36.5%	0%	100%
Badaduma	21	114	40.4%	0%	91%
Ramachandrapur	17	71	54.4%	0%	93%
Maharajpurhill	11	46	16.7%	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 Chakidi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,327; 3,054 male · 3,273 female
Households: 1,400; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 45.9%; below Joshipur block's villages (56.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,072; above Joshipur block's villages (1,030)
Children aged 0–6: 1,192; 18.8% of residents
Workers: 3,356; 53.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 8 (0.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 5,917 (93.5%)

What the 3,356 workers did

Cultivators258 (7.7%)
Agricultural labourers114 (3.4%)
Household industry74 (2.2%)
Other work654 (19.5%)
Marginal workers2,256 (67.2%)

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 Chakidi

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 29 km², 43% of it sown with crops and 28% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 18
Middle school0 of 18
Secondary school0 of 18
Senior secondary school0 of 18
Degree college0 of 18

Health

Primary health centre0 of 18
Health sub-centre2 of 18
Anganwadi centre14 of 18

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 18
Hand pump16 of 18
Electricity for homes4 of 18

Roads & transport

All-weather road14 of 18
Public bus0 of 18
Mobile phone coverage16 of 18

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 18
Commercial bank0 of 18
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 18
Weekly haat0 of 18

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 0
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17).

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 Joshipur block

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