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Gram panchayat · Suliapada block · Mayurbhanj

Mahabilla gram panchayat

Mahabilla is a gram panchayat (village council) in Suliapada block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 7,937 people in 1,970 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Morada assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
7,937
Literacy
65.9%
Area
16.8 km²
LGD code
120378

Villages of Mahabilla

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Patharnesa2591,10652.1%0%99%
Tilajudia2391,01066.4%0%49%
Dharampura24198069.9%13%24%
Kathagohala20980578.0%0%9%
Bilash20679367.7%2%12%
Bhuskunda20379273.7%33%15%
Pala11855456.8%0%97%
Pandusole13853660.2%24%75%
Jamubadi12746260.3%0%85%
Mahabila10646075.4%0%23%
Masinakathi12443964.0%7%68%

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 Mahabilla

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,937
3,999 male · 3,938 female
Households
1,970
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.9%
about the same as Suliapada block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
about the same as Suliapada block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6
897
11.3% of residents
Workers
4,586
57.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
563 (7.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,845 (48.4%)

What the 4,586 workers did

  • Cultivators658 (14.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers390 (8.5%)
  • Household industry141 (3.1%)
  • Other work529 (11.5%)
  • Marginal workers2,868 (62.5%)

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 Mahabilla

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 17 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 11
  • Middle school5 of 11
  • Secondary school2 of 11
  • Senior secondary school1 of 11
  • Degree college1 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre2 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump11 of 11
  • Electricity for homes5 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road11 of 11
  • Public bus0 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 11
  • Weekly haat5 of 11
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
7
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Ground Nuts (3), Animal Husbandary (1). Handicrafts: Grass Mats (1).

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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