Gram panchayat · Pipili block · Puri
Orkal gram panchayat
Orkal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pipili block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 3,257 people in 668 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 10
- Population (2011)
- 3,257
- Literacy
- 88.8%
- Area
- 6.6 km²
- LGD code
- 121050
Villages of Orkal
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orakol | 132 | 666 | 91.5% | 16% | 0% |
| Gobardhanpur Sultananagar | 101 | 535 | 89.8% | 4% | 0% |
| Ujanipada | 114 | 530 | 92.5% | 7% | 0% |
| Gaonpada | 98 | 408 | 77.8% | 55% | 1% |
| Dhanpur | 66 | 312 | 92.6% | 12% | 0% |
| Gobardhanpur | 65 | 305 | 91.8% | 15% | 0% |
| Matiapara No.2 | 50 | 300 | 84.4% | 44% | 0% |
| Samalapur | 31 | 154 | 83.3% | 62% | 0% |
| Makaraba | 11 | 47 | 87.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Siulachaka | 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 Orkal
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 3,257
- 1,668 male · 1,589 female
- Households
- 668
- about 4.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 88.8%
- above Pipili block's villages (85.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 953
- about the same as Pipili block's villages (957)
- Children aged 0–6
- 339
- 10.4% of residents
- Workers
- 1,163
- 35.7% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 702 (21.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 6 (0.2%)
What the 1,163 workers did
- Cultivators453 (39.0%)
- Agricultural labourers248 (21.3%)
- Household industry30 (2.6%)
- Other work344 (29.6%)
- Marginal workers88 (7.6%)
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 Orkal
How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 7 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school4 of 9
- Middle school2 of 9
- Secondary school0 of 9
- Senior secondary school0 of 9
- Degree college0 of 9
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 9
- Health sub-centre0 of 9
- Anganwadi centre7 of 9
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 9
- Hand pump9 of 9
- Electricity for homes9 of 9
Roads & transport
- All-weather road1 of 9
- Public bus1 of 9
- Mobile phone coverage9 of 9
Services
- Post office or sub post office0 of 9
- Commercial bank0 of 9
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 9
- Weekly haat0 of 9
- Primary schools
- 4
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 0
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).
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 Pipili block
- Bharatipur
- Birapurusotampur
- Chandradeipur
- Dhandamakundapur
- Durgadaspur
- Gobindapur
- Hatasahi
- Jagannathpur
- Jasuapur
- Kanti
- Kulasekharapatana
- Laxminarayanpur
- Mangalpur
- Nuasasan
- Pamasara
- Panidol
- Poporanga
- Pubasasan
- Rathapurusottampur
- Rulpadeipur
- Sahajpur
- Sampur
- Saraswatipur
- Teisipur
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