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Gram panchayat · Hemgir block · Sundargarh

Kanika gram panchayat

Kanika is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hemgir block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 6,142 people in 1,446 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sundargarh assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
6,142
Literacy
71.0%
Area
37.7 km²
LGD code
121601

Villages of Kanika

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kanika8513,58778.3%19%33%
Tangardihi2481,07254.1%5%77%
Lakadijharan7936555.9%16%59%
Dalak5722569.4%16%63%
Buruta5321450.3%36%38%
Kuturajore4821082.0%42%57%
Bendrichuan4618782.0%11%89%
Bheluatikara2714365.5%35%62%
Bandhbahal208134.2%0%100%
Brahmhani175875.0%0%21%
Satyasagargupha00–––

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 Kanika

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,142
2,988 male · 3,154 female
Households
1,446
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
71.0%
below Hemgir block's villages (74.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,056
above Hemgir block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
830
13.5% of residents
Workers
2,859
46.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,076 (17.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,904 (47.3%)

What the 2,859 workers did

  • Cultivators175 (6.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers389 (13.6%)
  • Household industry54 (1.9%)
  • Other work881 (30.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,360 (47.6%)

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 Kanika

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 38 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 64% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 10
  • Middle school3 of 10
  • Secondary school1 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre2 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes10 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road10 of 10
  • Public bus1 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 10
  • Weekly haat1 of 10
Primary schools
13
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10).

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 Hemgir block

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