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Gram panchayat · Delanga block · Puri

Gualipada gram panchayat

Gualipada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Delanga block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 8,518 people in 1,807 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
8,518
Literacy
85.6%
Area
16.5 km²
LGD code
120916

Villages of Gualipada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gualipada5242,47384.7%31%0%
Gudapailo3261,41286.9%4%0%
Bolakana3001,40482.8%19%0%
Humar2641,31187.4%14%1%
Panchupala2071,05285.0%11%0%
Machhapara18686688.4%7%0%
Barunibinda00–––

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 Gualipada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,518
4,260 male · 4,258 female
Households
1,807
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.6%
about the same as Delanga block's villages (86.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,000
above Delanga block's villages (980)
Children aged 0–6
846
9.9% of residents
Workers
3,036
35.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,462 (17.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
19 (0.2%)

What the 3,036 workers did

  • Cultivators922 (30.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers375 (12.4%)
  • Household industry130 (4.3%)
  • Other work740 (24.4%)
  • Marginal workers869 (28.6%)

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 Gualipada

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 7 villages cover 17 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school5 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 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 road6 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Delanga block

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