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Gram panchayat · Suliapada block · Mayurbhanj

Fania gram panchayat

Fania is a gram panchayat (village council) in Suliapada block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 7,795 people in 1,986 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Morada assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
17
Population (2011)
7,795
Literacy
62.2%
Area
19.9 km²
LGD code
120373

Villages of Fania

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jambhirapal23086665.0%0%41%
Salasahi20974257.9%4%19%
Kundiasul14566458.0%0%99%
Mundhakata16665563.4%30%10%
Chakchakia14663563.7%0%37%
Manda15961967.7%2%89%
Tentaposi13253267.6%27%17%
Fania12350953.1%0%68%
Sandhenkia13650165.4%16%18%
Baddhenkia12345472.6%46%9%
Gauduniduva7934546.9%0%81%
Damburudiha8028756.9%10%0%
Majhianitofa8128569.1%0%68%
Gendakhal6627444.4%0%100%
Andharisole5321177.6%0%0%
Chakadar3310967.7%0%0%
Badraghunathpur2510755.4%0%100%

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 Fania

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,795
3,931 male · 3,864 female
Households
1,986
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
62.2%
below Suliapada block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
983
about the same as Suliapada block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6
914
11.7% of residents
Workers
4,709
60.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
704 (9.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,426 (44.0%)

What the 4,709 workers did

  • Cultivators630 (13.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers416 (8.8%)
  • Household industry464 (9.9%)
  • Other work362 (7.7%)
  • Marginal workers2,837 (60.2%)

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 Fania

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 20 km², 67% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school16 of 17
  • Middle school6 of 17
  • Secondary school2 of 17
  • Senior secondary school0 of 17
  • Degree college0 of 17

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 17
  • Health sub-centre3 of 17
  • Anganwadi centre14 of 17

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 17
  • Hand pump17 of 17
  • Electricity for homes16 of 17

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road17 of 17
  • Public bus1 of 17
  • Mobile phone coverage17 of 17

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 17
  • Commercial bank0 of 17
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 17
  • Weekly haat4 of 17
Primary schools
19
Middle schools
8
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Vegetables (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 Suliapada block

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