Gram panchayat · Kasipur block · Rayagada

Gorakhapur gram panchayat

Gorakhapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kasipur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 5,834 people in 1,375 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rayagada assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 5,834
Literacy: 46.0%
Area: 18.4 km²
LGD code: 121178

Villages of Gorakhapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gorakhapur	269	1,339	71.2%	32%	48%
Badamaribhata	188	904	54.5%	79%	20%
Baiganaguda	202	781	38.7%	31%	37%
Limadar	149	629	43.9%	17%	82%
Kanhuguda	154	587	41.3%	36%	46%
Choranimaribhata	101	381	21.8%	0%	97%
Taladeska	91	330	35.0%	18%	80%
Chandanakuturaguda	78	321	26.7%	50%	23%
Lamberi	45	160	15.3%	0%	100%
Kuturaguda	21	98	6.7%	0%	97%
Gumurput	24	97	0.0%	0%	100%
Eripiput	19	86	15.4%	9%	87%
Dudurjhola	11	49	38.5%	0%	100%
Dabidiguda	13	39	30.6%	0%	87%
Gumuraput	6	17	0.0%	0%	100%
Talakuturaguda	4	16	41.7%	0%	0%
Goudaguda	0	0	–	–	–
Ramili	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 Gorakhapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,834; 2,873 male · 2,961 female
Households: 1,375; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 46.0%; above Kasipur block's villages (38.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,031; below Kasipur block's villages (1,059)
Children aged 0–6: 943; 16.2% of residents
Workers: 2,467; 42.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,938 (33.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,126 (53.6%)

What the 2,467 workers did

Cultivators708 (28.7%)
Agricultural labourers191 (7.7%)
Household industry13 (0.5%)
Other work303 (12.3%)
Marginal workers1,252 (50.7%)

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 Gorakhapur

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 18 villages cover 18 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 16
Middle school5 of 16
Secondary school2 of 16
Senior secondary school1 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre2 of 16
Anganwadi centre10 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump10 of 16
Electricity for homes0 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road8 of 16
Public bus3 of 16
Mobile phone coverage9 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 16
Weekly haat1 of 16

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Ragi (12), Kandula (5), Maize (4), Black Gram (1), Red Grams (1), Til (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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