Gram panchayat · Kasipur block · Rayagada

Chandragiri gram panchayat

Chandragiri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kasipur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 25 villages, home to 5,839 people in 1,475 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rayagada assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 25
Population (2011): 5,839
Literacy: 40.8%
Area: 12.4 km²
LGD code: 121175

Villages of Chandragiri

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Chandragiri	172	697	66.3%	11%	40%
Chandagiri	152	676	38.4%	34%	58%
Kasanadar	141	568	36.1%	31%	65%
Surugunja	107	435	49.6%	57%	39%
Maligam	106	428	54.3%	41%	0%
Dangeskhal	102	427	46.8%	38%	0%
Ghumundisupel	106	392	36.6%	14%	82%
Dandabad	99	388	31.5%	4%	95%
Durukhal	100	327	35.2%	0%	100%
Talapatri	74	307	34.8%	46%	51%
Padmapur	68	265	37.5%	0%	94%
Jugabasakebiri	70	231	23.4%	11%	84%
Bhramarajod	38	166	26.9%	1%	99%
Dhuturapas	37	130	16.3%	0%	80%
Runjimaska	23	80	28.3%	0%	91%
Kalandiamba	17	62	28.8%	16%	84%
Pindapadar	14	62	26.2%	0%	48%
Shikaralota	15	59	25.0%	0%	100%
Pindapadar	10	45	16.7%	0%	100%
Sankusakhal	9	38	25.0%	0%	100%
Gadalaghati	10	37	6.9%	0%	100%
Khuntisahaj	5	19	25.0%	0%	100%
Rabanamaska	0	0	–	–	–
Thakurakana	0	0	–	–	–
Tikarapadar	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 Chandragiri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,839; 2,835 male · 3,004 female
Households: 1,475; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 40.8%; above Kasipur block's villages (38.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,060; about the same as Kasipur block's villages (1,059)
Children aged 0–6: 1,164; 19.9% of residents
Workers: 3,121; 53.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,321 (22.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,445 (59.0%)

What the 3,121 workers did

Cultivators582 (18.6%)
Agricultural labourers463 (14.8%)
Household industry3 (0.1%)
Other work83 (2.7%)
Marginal workers1,990 (63.8%)

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 Chandragiri

How many of the 22 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 25 villages cover 12 km², 43% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school21 of 22
Middle school7 of 22
Secondary school3 of 22
Senior secondary school2 of 22
Degree college0 of 22

Health

Primary health centre0 of 22
Health sub-centre2 of 22
Anganwadi centre18 of 22

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 22
Hand pump20 of 22
Electricity for homes0 of 22

Roads & transport

All-weather road19 of 22
Public bus4 of 22
Mobile phone coverage8 of 22

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 22
Commercial bank0 of 22
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 22
Weekly haat0 of 22

Primary schools: 21
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 6
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20), Ragi (11), Cotton (7), Black Gram (2), Mustard (2), Red Grams (2), Til (2), Ground Nut (1). Handicrafts: Bamboo Products (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 Kasipur block

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