Gram panchayat · Kalyansingpur block · Rayagada
Kandhakatipadu gram panchayat
Kandhakatipadu is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 2,393 people in 553 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 9
- Population (2011)
- 2,393
- Literacy
- 25.5%
- Area
- 24.7 km²
- LGD code
- 275623
Villages of Kandhakatipadu
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dantilingi | 108 | 450 | 35.1% | 0% | 99% |
| Kandhakatipadu | 100 | 435 | 36.2% | 12% | 88% |
| Pongali | 80 | 384 | 25.4% | 20% | 80% |
| Oduguda | 77 | 317 | 23.6% | 0% | 100% |
| Karnapadu | 43 | 214 | 29.5% | 0% | 100% |
| Rinjabadi | 44 | 204 | 3.6% | 0% | 100% |
| Mandibhatta | 48 | 196 | 1.2% | 0% | 100% |
| Kurteli | 34 | 122 | 31.0% | 100% | 0% |
| Chintalguda | 19 | 71 | 14.5% | 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 Kandhakatipadu
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 2,393
- 1,111 male · 1,282 female
- Households
- 553
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 25.5%
- below Kalyansingpur block's villages (36.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,154
- above Kalyansingpur block's villages (1,128)
- Children aged 0–6
- 385
- 16.1% of residents
- Workers
- 1,394
- 58.3% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 250 (10.4%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,139 (89.4%)
What the 1,394 workers did
- Cultivators292 (20.9%)
- Agricultural labourers95 (6.8%)
- Household industry0 (0.0%)
- Other work12 (0.9%)
- Marginal workers995 (71.4%)
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 Kandhakatipadu
How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 25 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.
Education
- Primary school5 of 9
- Middle school1 of 9
- Secondary school0 of 9
- Senior secondary school0 of 9
- Degree college0 of 9
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 9
- Health sub-centre0 of 9
- Anganwadi centre8 of 9
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 9
- Hand pump9 of 9
- Electricity for homes0 of 9
Roads & transport
- All-weather road7 of 9
- Public bus0 of 9
- Mobile phone coverage7 of 9
Services
- Post office or sub post office0 of 9
- Commercial bank0 of 9
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
- Weekly haat0 of 9
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 1
- Secondary schools
- 0
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Ragi (6), Maize (3), Haladi (2), Alasi (2), 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 Kalyansingpur block
- Budaguda
- Dhamunipanga
- Kalyansinghpur
- Korapa
- Majhiguda
- Narayanapur
- Parsali
- Polama
- Pujariguda
- Serigumma
- Sikarpai
- Singari
- Sunakhandi
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