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Gram panchayat · Astaranga block · Puri

Nuagarh gram panchayat

Nuagarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Astaranga block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 3,685 people in 851 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kakatpur assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
3,685
Literacy
83.1%
Area
23.8 km²
LGD code
120885

Villages of Nuagarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nuagarh8513,68583.1%14%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 Nuagarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,685
1,904 male · 1,781 female
Households
851
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.1%
about the same as Astaranga block's villages (82.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
935
below Astaranga block's villages (976)
Children aged 0–6
367
10.0% of residents
Workers
2,144
58.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
517 (14.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,144 workers did

  • Cultivators342 (16.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers268 (12.5%)
  • Household industry23 (1.1%)
  • Other work439 (20.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,072 (50.0%)

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 Nuagarh

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 24 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat0 of 1
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Astaranga block

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