Gram panchayat · Rasgovindpur block · Mayurbhanj

Amarda gram panchayat

Amarda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rasgovindpur block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 10,068 people in 2,334 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Morada assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 10,068
Literacy: 72.4%
Area: 22.5 km²
LGD code: 120314

Villages of Amarda

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Amarada	676	2,814	77.3%	13%	24%
Badhimunha	334	1,419	78.4%	29%	23%
Praharajpur	246	1,056	47.3%	41%	38%
Purnachandrapur	120	561	95.2%	0%	0%
Kakabandha	68	434	71.3%	2%	96%
Bhaliagadia	103	423	66.8%	26%	9%
Daleidihi	97	416	69.4%	1%	61%
Darkhuli	99	391	79.0%	5%	35%
Bansuli	92	354	68.5%	0%	24%
Chinchalgadia	70	337	89.9%	0%	6%
Pariasul	67	322	37.7%	4%	96%
Kandrasul	70	303	83.5%	49%	0%
Nuasahi	52	229	51.3%	2%	65%
Dhobakundia	43	187	68.4%	0%	74%
Bankati	40	178	49.0%	0%	100%
Patnasahi	48	169	82.4%	18%	0%
Dhilajagatpur	38	150	63.0%	0%	80%
Parulia Samil Puruna Kadambasol	29	139	81.6%	0%	11%
Chirkunipada	26	101	69.5%	0%	0%
Ghagara	16	85	83.6%	0%	25%

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 Amarda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 10,068; 5,081 male · 4,987 female
Households: 2,334; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 72.4%; above Rasgovindpur block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 981; about the same as Rasgovindpur block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6: 1,412; 14.0% of residents
Workers: 3,801; 37.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,528 (15.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,276 (32.5%)

What the 3,801 workers did

Cultivators602 (15.8%)
Agricultural labourers988 (26.0%)
Household industry189 (5.0%)
Other work591 (15.5%)
Marginal workers1,431 (37.6%)

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 Amarda

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 23 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 20
Middle school7 of 20
Secondary school3 of 20
Senior secondary school1 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre2 of 20
Anganwadi centre12 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes18 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road16 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage20 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 20
Weekly haat1 of 20

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 10
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20).

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 Rasgovindpur block

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