Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Chancharaguda gram panchayat

Chancharaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 3,427 people in 857 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 3,427
Literacy: 50.6%
Area: 24.3 km²
LGD code: 121109

Villages of Chancharaguda

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Phatamunda	118	464	83.8%	36%	23%
Sanasarthili	112	454	53.3%	28%	71%
Thongapada	82	334	68.1%	27%	27%
Nuaguda	69	267	58.6%	8%	66%
Parichaguda	62	244	39.4%	2%	36%
Berideliguda	44	205	32.6%	0%	100%
Bhatagura	45	202	24.4%	0%	20%
Phatamunda	45	177	57.0%	0%	94%
Garadi	43	167	37.1%	0%	96%
Sanyasiguda	38	165	31.7%	0%	98%
Kalipanga	49	150	37.4%	15%	85%
Sauraguda	32	116	73.6%	2%	98%
Kerandiguda	26	94	39.0%	0%	78%
Chanchadaguda	18	90	37.7%	9%	91%
Kinjamjodi	23	83	0.0%	0%	100%
Gojabahal	20	57	63.3%	54%	0%
Nuaganhurugud	8	55	47.8%	0%	100%
Telenga Sarthili	12	54	20.9%	0%	100%
Balapai	5	25	0.0%	0%	100%
Chintaliguda	6	24	90.9%	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 Chancharaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,427; 1,628 male · 1,799 female
Households: 857; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 50.6%; above Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,105; below Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6: 535; 15.6% of residents
Workers: 1,989; 58.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 474 (13.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,128 (62.1%)

What the 1,989 workers did

Cultivators152 (7.6%)
Agricultural labourers218 (11.0%)
Household industry38 (1.9%)
Other work243 (12.2%)
Marginal workers1,338 (67.3%)

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 Chancharaguda

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 24 km², 52% of it sown with crops and 21% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 20
Middle school1 of 20
Secondary school0 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre0 of 20
Anganwadi centre16 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump15 of 20
Electricity for homes8 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 20
Public bus5 of 20
Mobile phone coverage16 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat0 of 20

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 1
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20), Ragi (19), Pulses (17), Maize (1), Kandula (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 Bissamcuttack block

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