Gram panchayat · Kalyansingpur block · Rayagada

Parsali gram panchayat

Parsali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 29 villages, home to 3,066 people in 595 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 29
Population (2011): 3,066
Literacy: 25.1%
Area: 52.9 km²
LGD code: 121166

Villages of Parsali

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bhaleri	104	690	33.0%	23%	76%
Panchakudi	76	326	1.5%	4%	96%
Kandasur	14	325	85.8%	0%	100%
Lakhapadar	59	270	0.5%	0%	100%
Gumma	40	189	3.6%	10%	90%
Chattikana	32	126	19.1%	35%	64%
Nisikhal	27	115	17.9%	7%	91%
Sanadenganali	27	109	0.0%	0%	100%
Kutulakupaaliashalamba	22	107	8.1%	0%	100%
Lamba	23	103	0.0%	0%	99%
Badabuduni	21	88	21.7%	34%	61%
Nirigundi	18	78	20.3%	62%	38%
Badadenganali	20	76	1.6%	34%	49%
Paramali	17	71	39.7%	0%	100%
Kurusomuhi	14	60	20.6%	0%	100%
Patalamba	15	56	40.5%	0%	96%
Mayabali	13	55	0.0%	20%	80%
Tamakasil	14	53	46.7%	0%	100%
Bangapadi	11	52	47.7%	0%	100%
Tentulipadar	12	48	15.8%	4%	96%
Tadomuhi	5	26	35.3%	0%	100%
Bundani	5	18	18.8%	0%	94%
Koleti	3	17	21.4%	0%	100%
Damaguda	3	8	0.0%	0%	100%
Chamarapadar	0	0	–	–	–
Dhanapadar	0	0	–	–	–
Kulotipadar	0	0	–	–	–
Sanobuduni	0	0	–	–	–
Semilipadar	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 Parsali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,066; 1,322 male · 1,744 female
Households: 595; about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 25.1%; below Kalyansingpur block's villages (36.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,319; above Kalyansingpur block's villages (1,128)
Children aged 0–6: 646; 21.1% of residents
Workers: 1,484; 48.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 362 (11.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,675 (87.2%)

What the 1,484 workers did

Cultivators84 (5.7%)
Agricultural labourers219 (14.8%)
Household industry1 (0.1%)
Other work24 (1.6%)
Marginal workers1,156 (77.9%)

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 Parsali

How many of the 24 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 29 villages cover 53 km², 30% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 24
Middle school2 of 24
Secondary school1 of 24
Senior secondary school1 of 24
Degree college0 of 24

Health

Primary health centre0 of 24
Health sub-centre0 of 24
Anganwadi centre16 of 24

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 24
Hand pump20 of 24
Electricity for homes0 of 24

Roads & transport

All-weather road15 of 24
Public bus6 of 24
Mobile phone coverage6 of 24

Services

Post office or sub post office5 of 24
Commercial bank0 of 24
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 24
Weekly haat0 of 24

Primary schools: 30
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 8
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21), Maize (19), Ragi (16), Ragi,Kosala (3), Kosala (2), Kosala,Ragi (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 Kalyansingpur block

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