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Gram panchayat · Raruan block · Mayurbhanj

Tilakuti gram panchayat

Tilakuti is a gram panchayat (village council) in Raruan block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,418 people in 1,272 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jashipur assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,418
Literacy
58.5%
Area
18.9 km²
LGD code
120313

Villages of Tilakuti

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mamudipani19594657.0%0%90%
Tilakoti20283857.6%15%73%
Sirakoli24183660.8%6%71%
Reteisahi16878452.6%1%82%
Kantasimila15264859.6%4%90%
Dharmabeda10947944.0%0%99%
Papada7032377.8%5%6%
Jamunalia6132257.1%0%99%
Panaposi7424273.5%0%0%

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 Tilakuti

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,418
2,654 male · 2,764 female
Households
1,272
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.5%
below Raruan block's villages (62.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,041
above Raruan block's villages (1,013)
Children aged 0–6
846
15.6% of residents
Workers
2,932
54.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
229 (4.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,097 (75.6%)

What the 2,932 workers did

  • Cultivators267 (9.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers261 (8.9%)
  • Household industry29 (1.0%)
  • Other work330 (11.3%)
  • Marginal workers2,045 (69.7%)

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 Tilakuti

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 19 km², 70% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school3 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop7 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Raruan block

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