Village · Paparmetla, Malkangiri
# Jantapai

Jantapai is a village in Paparmetla sub-district of Malkangiri district, Odisha, PIN code 764052. The 2011 Census counted 404 people in 97 households, the 5th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 29.6%.
- 404 people (2011)
- 97 households
- 45.5% literacy
- 764052 PIN code

## Jantapai PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Jantapai is 764052. Jantapai falls in Paparmetla sub-district, Malkangiri district, Odisha.
- PIN code 764052
- Gram panchayat Papermetla
- Community development block Kudumulgum
- Census village code 430682

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Jantapai from nearby towns?
- Paparmetla (sub-district HQ) 90 km by road
- Malkangiri (district HQ) 92 km by road
- Balimela (nearest town) 32 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Jantapai?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Jantapai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Chitrakonda
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Balimela
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jeypore
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jantapai known for?

The main crops are paddy, pulses and mango, suan. Products made here include bamboo crafts. About 16% of the 124 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Jantapai

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

■ Jantapai · ■ Paparmetla rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 0% 0%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 100%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 1%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 100%
- Use banking services 19% 15%
- Television 0% 1%
- Mobile phone 0% 1%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 0%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 76% 84%
- Own their home 96% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jantapai?

■ Jantapai · ■ Paparmetla rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.5% 29.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 906 1030
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 846 983
- Working population 56.4% 58.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.1% for men and 26.4% for women. 53% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 185 (81%) · ■ Other work 6 (3%) · ■ Marginal 37 (16%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Paparmetla
- Badapada 914 people
- Mutamba 584 people
- Papermenta 570 people
- Bhimaram 465 people
- Suapali 403 people
- Janbai 400 people
- Kuniguda 393 people
- Sarkubanda 381 people

All 88 villages in Paparmetla

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Jantapai? 764052
- How far is Jantapai from Malkangiri? 92 km by road
- What is the population of Jantapai? 404 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jantapai in? Malkangiri district (Paparmetla sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Jantapai? 45.5% (Census 2011)

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