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Gram panchayat · Sonepur block · Subarnapur

Kalapathar gram panchayat

Kalapathar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sonepur block of Subarnapur district, Odisha, covering 19 villages, home to 5,926 people in 1,366 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sonepur assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
19
Population (2011)
5,926
Literacy
72.2%
Area
40.7 km²
LGD code
121478

Villages of Kalapathar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Saradhapali19077164.4%0%0%
Babupali15273464.2%22%0%
Kalapathar16468874.0%10%27%
Nandanmal15363776.9%3%0%
Dhaurakhaman11153877.3%88%0%
Banbija(Bankbija)13552481.9%33%0%
Kabattalai9339282.6%79%0%
Pansiali7737971.3%52%0%
Pratappur8136378.7%6%0%
Jampali6328474.2%7%13%
Baiganjuri5123375.3%39%0%
Khaliapali5622544.6%19%17%
Madhupur3614963.0%0%32%
Jharpada4966.7%0%0%
Gandabahali00–––
Kalapathar jungal00–––
Kustapali00–––
Mahanadi (Kha)00–––
Nandanmal jungle00–––

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 Kalapathar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,926
3,026 male · 2,900 female
Households
1,366
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.2%
about the same as Sonepur block's villages (71.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
958
below Sonepur block's villages (969)
Children aged 0–6
834
14.1% of residents
Workers
2,369
40.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,571 (26.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
309 (5.2%)

What the 2,369 workers did

  • Cultivators592 (25.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers133 (5.6%)
  • Household industry107 (4.5%)
  • Other work400 (16.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,137 (48.0%)

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 Kalapathar

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 19 villages cover 41 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school12 of 14
  • Middle school7 of 14
  • Secondary school1 of 14
  • Senior secondary school0 of 14
  • Degree college0 of 14

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 14
  • Health sub-centre1 of 14
  • Anganwadi centre12 of 14

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 14
  • Hand pump14 of 14
  • Electricity for homes14 of 14

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road13 of 14
  • Public bus3 of 14
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 14

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 14
  • Commercial bank0 of 14
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 14
  • Weekly haat0 of 14
Primary schools
12
Middle schools
7
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Pulses (11), Vegetable (5), Groundnut (4), Ground Nuts (1), Arhar (1), Maize (1), Mung (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 Sonepur block

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