# Gandigam Village, Badagada, Ganjam (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Badagada, Ganjam 

# Gandigam

Gandigam is a village in Badagada sub-district of Ganjam district, Odisha, PIN code **762021**. The 2011 Census counted **191 people in 37 households**, the 147th largest of 242 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 10.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.7%.

- 191people (2011)
- 37households
- 10.6%literacy
- 762021PIN code

## Gandigam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gandigam is 762021.** Gandigam falls in Badagada sub-district, Ganjam district, Odisha.

- PIN code762021
- Gram panchayatBadagochha
- Community development blockSurada
- Census village code410948

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gandigam from nearby towns?

- Badagada (sub-district HQ)85 km by road
- Chatrapur (district HQ)135 km by road
- Brahmapur (nearest town)95 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gandigam?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Gandigam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kaithagudi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kendupadara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Surada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Surada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gandigam known for?

The main crops are **paddy and turmeric**. About 16% of the 91 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gandigam

Of every 100 households in Gandigam in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandigam · ■ Badagada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****3%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****76%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gandigam?

■ Gandigam · ■ Badagada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****10.6%**

**57.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**917

Working population ****58.6%**

**49.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 16.7% for men and 5.3% for women. 57% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 21 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (8%) · **■** Marginal 82 (73%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Badagada

- Tanarjipalli195 people
- Mentibaunsa194 people
- Kanheipur192 people
- Dhaugam191 people
- Sanagochha187 people
- Madhapur182 people
- Chandrapur179 people
- TakaradaR.V.P177 people

[All 282 villages in Badagada](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/ganjam/badagada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gandigam?762021
- How far is Gandigam from Chatrapur?135 km by road
- What is the population of Gandigam?191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandigam in?Ganjam district (Badagada sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Gandigam?10.6% (Census 2011)