Gram panchayat · Pipili block · Puri
Poporanga gram panchayat
Poporanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pipili block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 3,310 people in 668 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 7
- Population (2011)
- 3,310
- Literacy
- 87.1%
- Area
- 7.6 km²
- LGD code
- 121052
Villages of Poporanga
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poparanga | 209 | 1,004 | 89.2% | 9% | 0% |
| Suabarei | 128 | 637 | 90.3% | 3% | 0% |
| Bindha | 79 | 473 | 86.8% | 18% | 0% |
| Dakhinanuagan | 105 | 466 | 82.4% | 52% | 0% |
| Arjungoda | 82 | 404 | 83.5% | 22% | 0% |
| Balikuda | 44 | 199 | 85.6% | 30% | 0% |
| Pachhalapur | 21 | 127 | 87.3% | 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 Poporanga
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 3,310
- 1,689 male · 1,621 female
- Households
- 668
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 87.1%
- above Pipili block's villages (85.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 960
- about the same as Pipili block's villages (957)
- Children aged 0–6
- 346
- 10.5% of residents
- Workers
- 1,530
- 46.2% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 578 (17.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,530 workers did
- Cultivators529 (34.6%)
- Agricultural labourers115 (7.5%)
- Household industry18 (1.2%)
- Other work420 (27.5%)
- Marginal workers448 (29.3%)
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 Poporanga
How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 8 km², 73% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school6 of 7
- Middle school1 of 7
- Secondary school1 of 7
- Senior secondary school0 of 7
- Degree college0 of 7
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 7
- Health sub-centre0 of 7
- Anganwadi centre5 of 7
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 7
- Hand pump7 of 7
- Electricity for homes7 of 7
Roads & transport
- All-weather road0 of 7
- Public bus0 of 7
- Mobile phone coverage7 of 7
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 7
- Commercial bank0 of 7
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 7
- Weekly haat1 of 7
- Primary schools
- 6
- Middle schools
- 1
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).
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
- Orkal
- Pamasara
- Panidol
- Pubasasan
- Rathapurusottampur
- Rulpadeipur
- Sahajpur
- Sampur
- Saraswatipur
- Teisipur
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