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Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Kanabai gram panchayat

Kanabai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 3,227 people in 756 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
3,227
Literacy
29.6%
Area
42.7 km²
LGD code
121117

Villages of Kanabai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Purikona14362534.3%3%96%
Konabai11850437.1%7%92%
Kusumpadar7933319.3%19%66%
Sivarampur6029824.6%26%62%
Karli6724724.2%4%88%
Retinipadar4418643.4%0%92%
Libharkona411675.0%0%99%
Badameridi3816426.4%0%98%
Gaiguda3416351.8%36%63%
Sanomeridi3515514.3%0%100%
Rekhapai3712746.7%1%39%
Badajamiti219138.0%0%100%
Pitadanga15636.5%0%100%
Dachupai115012.2%0%100%
Tikaraguda103724.1%0%97%
Sanajamiti31715.4%0%100%

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 Kanabai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,227
1,512 male · 1,715 female
Households
756
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
29.6%
below Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,134
above Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6
511
15.8% of residents
Workers
1,821
56.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
264 (8.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,745 (85.1%)

What the 1,821 workers did

  • Cultivators157 (8.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers270 (14.8%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work41 (2.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,351 (74.2%)

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 Kanabai

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 43 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

  • Primary school13 of 16
  • Middle school1 of 16
  • Secondary school0 of 16
  • Senior secondary school0 of 16
  • Degree college0 of 16

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 16
  • Health sub-centre2 of 16
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 16

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 16
  • Hand pump15 of 16
  • Electricity for homes8 of 16

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 16
  • Public bus1 of 16
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 16

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 16
  • Commercial bank0 of 16
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 16
  • Weekly haat0 of 16
Primary schools
21
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Ragi (16), Maize (13), Pulses (1), Arhar (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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