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Gopinathpur gram panchayat

Gopinathpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kanas block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 5,893 people in 1,125 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Satyabadi assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
5,893
Literacy
82.6%
Area
11.5 km²
LGD code
120982

Villages of Gopinathpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jagulaipadar4772,45184.4%96%0%
Gopinathpur2021,17186.0%3%0%
Paikmara2211,14972.0%0%0%
Kalapadar2251,12286.4%12%0%
Luniapadar00–––
Paikmara (Kha)00–––

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 Gopinathpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,893
2,950 male · 2,943 female
Households
1,125
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
82.6%
below Kanas block's villages (85.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
998
above Kanas block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
758
12.9% of residents
Workers
1,647
27.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,512 (42.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
3 (0.1%)

What the 1,647 workers did

  • Cultivators598 (36.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers26 (1.6%)
  • Household industry18 (1.1%)
  • Other work696 (42.3%)
  • Marginal workers309 (18.8%)

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 Gopinathpur

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 6 villages cover 11 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

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 Kanas block

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