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Gram panchayat · Dabugam block · Nabarangpur

Chacharaguda gram panchayat

Chacharaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dabugam block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 8,209 people in 1,925 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dabugam assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
8,209
Literacy
36.6%
Area
29.8 km²
LGD code
120435

Villages of Chacharaguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baigam4692,19935.4%5%59%
Haladi22997931.7%3%76%
Patia23994041.5%5%88%
Kusumabandha21493446.3%3%70%
Chacharaguda22491329.3%26%41%
Pakhanaguda20888530.9%0%71%
Kelia12751648.6%22%7%
Maniaguda12047334.1%6%77%
Banuaguda9537036.1%4%88%

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 Chacharaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,209
4,052 male · 4,157 female
Households
1,925
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
36.6%
below Dabugam block's villages (38.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,026
about the same as Dabugam block's villages (1,032)
Children aged 0–6
1,620
19.7% of residents
Workers
4,367
53.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
604 (7.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
5,234 (63.8%)

What the 4,367 workers did

  • Cultivators503 (11.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers512 (11.7%)
  • Household industry53 (1.2%)
  • Other work269 (6.2%)
  • Marginal workers3,030 (69.4%)

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 Chacharaguda

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 30 km², 47% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school9 of 9
  • Secondary school9 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college9 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre2 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes8 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 9
  • Public bus2 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
9
Secondary schools
9
Degree colleges
9
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Ragi (3), Maize (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 Dabugam block

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