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Gram panchayat · Odagaon block · Nayagarh

Giridipalli gram panchayat

Giridipalli is a gram panchayat (village council) in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,407 people in 885 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,407
Literacy
75.7%
Area
9.6 km²
LGD code
120706

Villages of Giridipalli

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Giridipali2651,03573.3%8%2%
Jhadasahi20274878.2%34%0%
Dhajhola16565276.5%2%0%
Dahangi8532680.9%15%0%
Totasahi4719179.8%0%0%
Pankhajuria5518845.8%99%0%
Patharapali3313682.5%0%0%
Tantibhusapali3313190.9%0%0%

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 Giridipalli

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,407
1,789 male · 1,618 female
Households
885
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.7%
below Odagaon block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
904
about the same as Odagaon block's villages (904)
Children aged 0–6
387
11.4% of residents
Workers
1,396
41.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
588 (17.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
25 (0.7%)

What the 1,396 workers did

  • Cultivators450 (32.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers254 (18.2%)
  • Household industry14 (1.0%)
  • Other work268 (19.2%)
  • Marginal workers410 (29.4%)

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 Giridipalli

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 10 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 8
  • Middle school2 of 8
  • Secondary school0 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (16), Paddy (8).

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 Odagaon block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Giridipalli? Share it with us.