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Gram panchayat · Ranapur block · Nayagarh

Darpanarayanpur gram panchayat

Darpanarayanpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,947 people in 912 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,947
Literacy
78.1%
Area
15.2 km²
LGD code
120742

Villages of Darpanarayanpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Darpanarayanpur2941,23186.9%15%0%
Kakalama22197584.7%14%5%
Lunisahi16480076.0%7%0%
Gundurabari8738976.0%20%0%
Mardakota10135951.6%53%18%
Dengajhari3917644.5%32%53%
Chhanchunia61786.7%100%0%
Gopinathpur–––––

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 Darpanarayanpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,947
2,066 male · 1,881 female
Households
912
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.1%
below Ranapur block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
910
below Ranapur block's villages (940)
Children aged 0–6
458
11.6% of residents
Workers
1,260
31.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
723 (18.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
207 (5.2%)

What the 1,260 workers did

  • Cultivators390 (31.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers363 (28.8%)
  • Household industry4 (0.3%)
  • Other work178 (14.1%)
  • Marginal workers325 (25.8%)

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 Darpanarayanpur

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 15 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 26% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 7
  • Public bus2 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Black Gram (7), Sugar Cane (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 Ranapur block

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