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Gram panchayat · Ranapur block · Nayagarh

Talakani gram panchayat

Talakani is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 2,423 people in 549 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
2,423
Literacy
87.7%
Area
6.3 km²
LGD code
120766

Villages of Talakani

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Talakani2791,24788.7%11%0%
Nachhipur10346486.1%13%0%
Kotapokhari4522782.3%10%0%
Patapur5120686.1%0%0%
Radhamohanapur3414692.9%0%0%
Gobardhanpur3713390.0%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 Talakani

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,423
1,285 male · 1,138 female
Households
549
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.7%
above Ranapur block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
886
below Ranapur block's villages (940)
Children aged 0–6
253
10.4% of residents
Workers
572
23.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
224 (9.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 572 workers did

  • Cultivators113 (19.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers138 (24.1%)
  • Household industry1 (0.2%)
  • Other work168 (29.4%)
  • Marginal workers152 (26.6%)

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 Talakani

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 6 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6).

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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