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Gram panchayat · Kaptipada block · Mayurbhanj

Jhinkpada gram panchayat

Jhinkpada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kaptipada block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,784 people in 935 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Udala assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,784
Literacy
75.9%
Area
6.2 km²
LGD code
120200

Villages of Jhinkpada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gaudgan2941,14775.8%13%31%
Jhinkapada20785586.1%27%20%
Kuagathana12355558.1%21%64%
Saubhagyadeipur12352682.1%8%5%
Baniagan9837381.4%16%18%
Machhia9032861.4%27%59%

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 Jhinkpada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,784
1,929 male · 1,855 female
Households
935
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.9%
above Kaptipada block's villages (54.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
962
below Kaptipada block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
430
11.4% of residents
Workers
1,676
44.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
682 (18.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,171 (30.9%)

What the 1,676 workers did

  • Cultivators139 (8.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers374 (22.3%)
  • Household industry43 (2.6%)
  • Other work348 (20.8%)
  • Marginal workers772 (46.1%)

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 Jhinkpada

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 6 km², 63% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Vegetables (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 Kaptipada block

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