Gram panchayat · Gop block · Puri

Mahalapada gram panchayat

Mahalapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gop block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 5,024 people in 1,126 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kakatpur assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 5,024
Literacy: 87.5%
Area: 14.3 km²
LGD code: 120946

Villages of Mahalapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Ambiligan	240	1,136	85.1%	34%	0%
Chitra	241	1,033	88.0%	30%	0%
Kundisa	94	448	90.0%	8%	0%
Redhua	88	360	81.6%	20%	0%
Sanakundura	71	302	87.1%	31%	0%
Mahalpada	69	299	79.5%	59%	0%
Badakundura	59	288	88.6%	1%	0%
Bhogapada	61	287	93.9%	2%	0%
Kopara	66	270	92.1%	0%	0%
Keutunga	54	255	96.2%	0%	0%
Orei	42	187	85.4%	16%	0%
Mandapokhari	39	154	91.2%	22%	0%
Girimakanra	2	5	80.0%	20%	0%
Badakila	0	0	–	–	–
Kundheichaul	0	0	–	–	–
Pariorei	0	0	–	–	–
Tilakusum	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 Mahalapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,024; 2,561 male · 2,463 female
Households: 1,126; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 87.5%; above Gop block's villages (84.1%)
Females per 1,000 males: 962; below Gop block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6: 483; 9.6% of residents
Workers: 1,841; 36.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,154 (23.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 0 (0.0%)

What the 1,841 workers did

Cultivators867 (47.1%)
Agricultural labourers340 (18.5%)
Household industry31 (1.7%)
Other work354 (19.2%)
Marginal workers249 (13.5%)

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 Mahalapada

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 14 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 13
Middle school2 of 13
Secondary school0 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre12 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump13 of 13
Electricity for homes13 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 13
Public bus1 of 13
Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop10 of 13
Weekly haat1 of 13

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Black Gram (8), Gram (7), Coconut (3), Green Gram (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 Gop block

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