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Gram panchayat · Ranapur block · Nayagarh

Pimpal gram panchayat

Pimpal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 2,619 people in 568 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
2,619
Literacy
86.8%
Area
7.4 km²
LGD code
120760

Villages of Pimpal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kankia2671,26386.8%8%0%
Pimpala2541,13487.6%0%0%
Kendupalli4722282.2%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 Pimpal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,619
1,354 male · 1,265 female
Households
568
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.8%
above Ranapur block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
934
about the same as Ranapur block's villages (940)
Children aged 0–6
308
11.8% of residents
Workers
803
30.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
97 (3.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 803 workers did

  • Cultivators226 (28.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers162 (20.2%)
  • Household industry6 (0.7%)
  • Other work208 (25.9%)
  • Marginal workers201 (25.0%)

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 Pimpal

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 7 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 22% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Black Gram (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 Ranapur block

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