Gram panchayat · Kolnara block · Rayagada

Kolnara gram panchayat

Kolnara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kolnara block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 8,541 people in 2,040 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 8,541
Literacy: 54.1%
Area: 16.4 km²
LGD code: 121203

Villages of Kolnara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kolnara	651	2,673	78.0%	9%	27%
Bhujabala	347	1,452	56.0%	31%	19%
Goudalalibadi	143	605	45.5%	3%	22%
Guakana	132	552	36.4%	22%	16%
Madanpur	108	535	36.8%	1%	99%
Rengalpadu	111	462	46.3%	0%	11%
Jagorthiguda	86	419	55.2%	0%	85%
Pedalekhapai	78	308	35.7%	1%	99%
Anakabadi	77	299	43.1%	3%	96%
Ghodabadi	60	277	34.2%	0%	100%
Sanapadia (Beturuguda)	47	226	53.0%	0%	100%
Karnipadu	44	168	15.0%	4%	96%
Kondhachampia	50	160	31.9%	0%	100%
Pipalgeda	43	157	18.8%	0%	100%
Dumukupadu	33	129	1.8%	0%	100%
Matikesori	30	119	21.6%	43%	55%
Kaliaguda	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 Kolnara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,541; 4,067 male · 4,474 female
Households: 2,040; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 54.1%; above Kolnara block's villages (48.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,100; above Kolnara block's villages (1,076)
Children aged 0–6: 1,223; 14.3% of residents
Workers: 3,706; 43.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 907 (10.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,917 (45.9%)

What the 3,706 workers did

Cultivators523 (14.1%)
Agricultural labourers286 (7.7%)
Household industry19 (0.5%)
Other work790 (21.3%)
Marginal workers2,088 (56.3%)

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 Kolnara

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 17 villages cover 16 km², 51% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.

Education

Primary school15 of 16
Middle school3 of 16
Secondary school2 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre1 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre15 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump14 of 16
Electricity for homes10 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 16
Public bus10 of 16
Mobile phone coverage14 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 16
Weekly haat0 of 16

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 1
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2).

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 Kolnara block

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