Gram panchayat · Suliapada block · Mayurbhanj

Ufalgadia gram panchayat

Ufalgadia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Suliapada block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 8,919 people in 2,125 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Morada assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 8,919
Literacy: 63.6%
Area: 24.5 km²
LGD code: 120381

Villages of Ufalgadia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kadakotha	222	912	71.1%	0%	17%
Guhaldiha	205	765	69.4%	2%	29%
Gandhasali	148	668	77.8%	2%	0%
Ufalgadia	143	603	74.1%	0%	39%
Talakpal	154	593	53.0%	15%	73%
Sansasole	125	588	59.5%	0%	100%
Palasdiha	113	554	52.6%	3%	91%
Chandabilla	110	545	49.5%	0%	31%
Murgapahadi	106	532	70.4%	0%	100%
Dumuria	127	493	76.6%	0%	11%
Badbangan	95	411	60.5%	12%	80%
Bangan	105	392	70.9%	0%	19%
Telia	86	303	50.9%	0%	100%
Kankini	57	285	64.3%	0%	78%
Bhandarisul	64	279	39.5%	0%	94%
Ghanaghana	67	263	59.8%	0%	52%
Bankati	69	230	65.2%	0%	0%
Chianapada	47	207	51.9%	0%	82%
Sankhuntapal	49	162	46.4%	0%	93%
Dhobanisole	33	134	52.7%	0%	95%

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 Ufalgadia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,919; 4,422 male · 4,497 female
Households: 2,125; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 63.6%; below Suliapada block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,017; above Suliapada block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6: 1,106; 12.4% of residents
Workers: 5,467; 61.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 187 (2.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,671 (52.4%)

What the 5,467 workers did

Cultivators462 (8.5%)
Agricultural labourers749 (13.7%)
Household industry377 (6.9%)
Other work348 (6.4%)
Marginal workers3,531 (64.6%)

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 Ufalgadia

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 25 km², 11% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 20
Middle school6 of 20
Secondary school2 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre2 of 20
Anganwadi centre17 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes9 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road14 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage19 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 20
Weekly haat3 of 20

Primary schools: 18
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2).

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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