Gram panchayat · Thakurmunda block · Mayurbhanj

Champajhar gram panchayat

Champajhar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Thakurmunda block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 8,638 people in 1,832 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Karanjia assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 8,638
Literacy: 51.5%
Area: 39.2 km²
LGD code: 120384

Villages of Champajhar

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dangadiha	223	1,159	13.2%	0%	97%
Champajhar	177	830	66.9%	2%	53%
Kirikichipal	154	683	49.0%	1%	62%
Mankadabeda	143	640	56.3%	2%	54%
Patarpada	59	606	56.4%	0%	99%
Bhejidiha	147	605	46.5%	0%	88%
Jodipada	151	584	55.0%	1%	88%
Diliganj	110	583	39.7%	0%	83%
Jangal Block Samil Sudarsanpur	111	538	60.9%	1%	74%
Giribeda	104	510	62.3%	0%	99%
Nuagaon	100	463	87.8%	0%	30%
Jamukhanjari	128	455	73.1%	4%	7%
Kokanda	92	396	43.7%	0%	98%
Asanbani	71	356	33.7%	0%	85%
Khandapal	32	120	52.0%	0%	33%
Sanbaliposi	30	110	48.9%	0%	45%

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 Champajhar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,638; 4,279 male · 4,359 female
Households: 1,832; about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 51.5%; about the same as Thakurmunda block's villages (51.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,019; below Thakurmunda block's villages (1,044)
Children aged 0–6: 1,522; 17.6% of residents
Workers: 4,423; 51.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 75 (0.9%)
Scheduled Tribes: 6,314 (73.1%)

What the 4,423 workers did

Cultivators668 (15.1%)
Agricultural labourers359 (8.1%)
Household industry185 (4.2%)
Other work318 (7.2%)
Marginal workers2,893 (65.4%)

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 Champajhar

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 39 km², 42% of it sown with crops and 32% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 16
Middle school5 of 16
Secondary school2 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre2 of 16
Anganwadi centre14 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes6 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road15 of 16
Public bus3 of 16
Mobile phone coverage16 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 16
Weekly haat2 of 16

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Vegetables (12), Mustard Seeds (8). Handicrafts: Leaf Plates (16).

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 Thakurmunda block

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