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Gram panchayat · Rasgovindpur block · Mayurbhanj

Gadighaty gram panchayat

Gadighaty is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rasgovindpur block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 2,745 people in 632 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Morada assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
2,745
Literacy
78.7%
Area
4.7 km²
LGD code
120318

Villages of Gadighaty

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bandhamundi2971,20180.4%41%2%
Tambakhuri15371673.2%39%24%
Gadighati7434180.7%26%2%
Astagadia6427185.4%22%19%
Malkadia2711466.7%0%91%
Kirtaniapal1710284.8%43%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 Gadighaty

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,745
1,416 male · 1,329 female
Households
632
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.7%
above Rasgovindpur block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
939
below Rasgovindpur block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
269
9.8% of residents
Workers
904
32.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
962 (35.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
355 (12.9%)

What the 904 workers did

  • Cultivators62 (6.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers9 (1.0%)
  • Household industry26 (2.9%)
  • Other work272 (30.1%)
  • Marginal workers535 (59.2%)

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 Gadighaty

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 5 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 6

Water & power

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

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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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