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Gram panchayat · Kaptipada block · Mayurbhanj

Ranipokhari gram panchayat

Ranipokhari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kaptipada block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,150 people in 982 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Karanjia assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
5,150
Literacy
27.7%
Area
26.7 km²
LGD code
120213

Villages of Ranipokhari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rajatnagar3812,09918.9%0%98%
Ranipokhari3651,81027.6%3%95%
Dillisahar2361,24141.8%0%84%

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 Ranipokhari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,150
2,543 male · 2,607 female
Households
982
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
27.7%
below Kaptipada block's villages (54.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,025
above Kaptipada block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
1,405
27.3% of residents
Workers
2,336
45.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
58 (1.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,832 (93.8%)

What the 2,336 workers did

  • Cultivators780 (33.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers416 (17.8%)
  • Household industry16 (0.7%)
  • Other work30 (1.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,094 (46.8%)

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 Ranipokhari

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 27 km², 67% of it sown with crops and 26% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school0 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes1 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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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