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Gram panchayat · Odagaon block · Nayagarh

Golagaon gram panchayat

Golagaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,130 people in 720 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
3,130
Literacy
79.2%
Area
3.1 km²
LGD code
275500

Villages of Golagaon

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Golagaon4371,90985.1%23%0%
Panibhandar2831,22169.6%3%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 Golagaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,130
1,653 male · 1,477 female
Households
720
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.2%
about the same as Odagaon block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
894
below Odagaon block's villages (904)
Children aged 0–6
281
9.0% of residents
Workers
1,008
32.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
467 (14.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,008 workers did

  • Cultivators134 (13.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers470 (46.6%)
  • Household industry22 (2.2%)
  • Other work158 (15.7%)
  • Marginal workers224 (22.2%)

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 Golagaon

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 3 km², 87% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (4), Paddy (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 Odagaon block

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