Skip to content

Gram panchayat · Sinapali block · Nuapada

Ghantiguda gram panchayat

Ghantiguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sinapali block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 2,699 people in 716 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Khariar assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
2,699
Literacy
51.7%
Area
10.7 km²
LGD code
120858

Villages of Ghantiguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ghotuguda3671,28546.4%7%8%
Sardhapur14756149.0%16%46%
Nandagaon13151769.3%36%0%
Karlapani7133648.2%0%88%

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 Ghantiguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,699
1,356 male · 1,343 female
Households
716
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
51.7%
below Sinapali block's villages (57.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
990
below Sinapali block's villages (1,009)
Children aged 0–6
405
15.0% of residents
Workers
1,182
43.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
367 (13.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
658 (24.4%)

What the 1,182 workers did

  • Cultivators67 (5.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers109 (9.2%)
  • Household industry8 (0.7%)
  • Other work83 (7.0%)
  • Marginal workers915 (77.4%)

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 Ghantiguda

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 11 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes2 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Wheat (3), Grountnut (2), Groundnut (1), Pulses (1), Maka (1).

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 Sinapali 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 Ghantiguda? Share it with us.