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Durgadaspur gram panchayat

Durgadaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pipili block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,909 people in 1,099 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,909
Literacy
84.6%
Area
6.8 km²
LGD code
275309

Villages of Durgadaspur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Durgadasapur4522,01384.5%24%0%
Thana thana4121,82086.3%24%0%
Jamalapur7533086.2%0%0%
Kusida6329375.1%58%0%
Malikapali5325388.8%17%0%
Nauri2713072.5%74%0%
Athabatia177086.2%31%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 Durgadaspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,909
2,552 male · 2,357 female
Households
1,099
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.6%
below Pipili block's villages (85.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
924
below Pipili block's villages (957)
Children aged 0–6
451
9.2% of residents
Workers
2,278
46.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,255 (25.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,278 workers did

  • Cultivators431 (18.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers307 (13.5%)
  • Household industry109 (4.8%)
  • Other work668 (29.3%)
  • Marginal workers763 (33.5%)

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 Durgadaspur

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 7 km², 70% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school0 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Coconut (7), Vegetable (6).

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

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