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Talajanga gram panchayat

Talajanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sadar block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 3,729 people in 722 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
3,729
Literacy
79.5%
Area
3.1 km²
LGD code
121083

Villages of Talajanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Talajanga7223,72979.5%7%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 Talajanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,729
1,877 male · 1,852 female
Households
722
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.5%
below Sadar block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
987
above Sadar block's villages (964)
Children aged 0–6
416
11.2% of residents
Workers
1,292
34.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
271 (7.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,292 workers did

  • Cultivators564 (43.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers261 (20.2%)
  • Household industry11 (0.9%)
  • Other work219 (17.0%)
  • Marginal workers237 (18.3%)

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 Talajanga

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 3 km², 25% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre1 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat0 of 1
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
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 Sadar block

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