Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Chatikona gram panchayat

Chatikona is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 5,389 people in 1,348 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 5,389
Literacy: 57.1%
Area: 15 km²
LGD code: 121110

Villages of Chatikona

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Chati Kona	633	2,535	69.2%	33%	26%
Hada Sinkula	122	515	53.2%	0%	92%
Badomutukubadi	126	468	50.7%	40%	28%
Lotaguda	77	347	50.5%	100%	0%
Mutukubadi	63	248	47.0%	0%	98%
Karanagura	46	222	49.2%	0%	87%
Debdaya Kumbharbadi	53	218	39.7%	0%	95%
Ranibandha	52	197	26.9%	0%	93%
Bariguda	40	173	59.4%	0%	95%
Pedipadar	46	156	37.9%	0%	100%
Marthaguda	32	105	38.8%	0%	99%
Birsiguda	26	103	34.1%	0%	100%
Paraja Kupuli	26	77	32.8%	3%	97%
Bhalia Padar	4	20	28.6%	0%	100%
Katriguda	2	5	0.0%	0%	100%
Bhalubhatta	0	0	–	–	–
Chakriguda	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 Chatikona

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,389; 2,505 male · 2,884 female
Households: 1,348; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 57.1%; above Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,151; above Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6: 751; 13.9% of residents
Workers: 2,716; 50.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,361 (25.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,728 (50.6%)

What the 2,716 workers did

Cultivators139 (5.1%)
Agricultural labourers622 (22.9%)
Household industry5 (0.2%)
Other work251 (9.2%)
Marginal workers1,699 (62.6%)

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 Chatikona

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 15 km², 30% of it sown with crops and 25% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 15
Middle school4 of 15
Secondary school2 of 15
Senior secondary school0 of 15
Degree college0 of 15

Health

Primary health centre0 of 15
Health sub-centre1 of 15
Anganwadi centre9 of 15

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 15
Hand pump13 of 15
Electricity for homes8 of 15

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 15
Public bus5 of 15
Mobile phone coverage12 of 15

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 15
Commercial bank0 of 15
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 15
Weekly haat1 of 15

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15), Ragi (13), Pulses (9), Cotton (3), Alasi (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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