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Gram panchayat · Jujomura block · Sambalpur

Jayantapur gram panchayat

Jayantapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jujomura block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 5,678 people in 1,330 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rairakhol assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
5,678
Literacy
73.8%
Area
17.1 km²
LGD code
121337

Villages of Jayantapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jayantpur5712,37975.9%13%62%
Dedarnuapali3851,70380.5%7%47%
Kendghati21084864.9%26%43%
Hapuriyabahal16474861.5%8%67%

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 Jayantapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,678
2,910 male · 2,768 female
Households
1,330
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.8%
about the same as Jujomura block's villages (73.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
951
below Jujomura block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
613
10.8% of residents
Workers
2,915
51.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
700 (12.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,137 (55.2%)

What the 2,915 workers did

  • Cultivators466 (16.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers976 (33.5%)
  • Household industry423 (14.5%)
  • Other work347 (11.9%)
  • Marginal workers703 (24.1%)

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 Jayantapur

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 17 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Jujomura block

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