Gram panchayat · Khandapara block · Nayagarh

Kiajhara gram panchayat

Kiajhara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khandapara block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 4,696 people in 1,205 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Khandapada assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 4,696
Literacy: 77.9%
Area: 22 km²
LGD code: 120644

Villages of Kiajhara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kiajhara	238	961	83.1%	21%	0%
Gochhabari	162	647	71.9%	16%	0%
Mangarajpur	132	508	78.3%	17%	0%
Giridipalli	150	495	86.7%	2%	0%
Kiajharapatana	102	449	85.6%	36%	0%
Satagochhia	105	379	76.4%	96%	0%
Serajanga	78	337	75.0%	0%	20%
Koduapalli	57	205	59.3%	47%	42%
Panasapadar	32	117	63.8%	100%	0%
Bhudangapalli	23	97	60.7%	15%	85%
Sanakhajuria	23	91	95.1%	1%	82%
Seranda	20	76	77.6%	0%	100%
Petapalli	17	71	80.0%	25%	72%
Manikpur	13	58	70.6%	22%	69%
Bhanlapalli	13	49	70.2%	0%	0%
Badajhada	13	45	53.8%	0%	100%
Badakhajuria	11	45	95.1%	0%	93%
Jakelapalli	6	27	64.0%	0%	100%
Takeria	4	21	83.3%	0%	100%
Giridipalli	3	10	10.0%	0%	100%
Budhijharisan	3	8	62.5%	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 Kiajhara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,696; 2,443 male · 2,253 female
Households: 1,205; about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 77.9%; below Khandapara block's villages (79.4%)
Females per 1,000 males: 922; above Khandapara block's villages (904)
Children aged 0–6: 526; 11.2% of residents
Workers: 1,931; 41.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,189 (25.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 629 (13.4%)

What the 1,931 workers did

Cultivators352 (18.2%)
Agricultural labourers234 (12.1%)
Household industry25 (1.3%)
Other work404 (20.9%)
Marginal workers916 (47.4%)

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 Kiajhara

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 22 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 22% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 21
Middle school5 of 21
Secondary school1 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre1 of 21
Anganwadi centre9 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump20 of 21
Electricity for homes21 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road21 of 21
Public bus6 of 21
Mobile phone coverage21 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 21
Weekly haat0 of 21

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21), Black Gram (21), Vegetables (7), Sugar Cane & 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 Khandapara block

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