Achuli is a village in Purushottampur block, Ganjam District,[2] Odisha, India. Its village code is 118336.[3] It is one of the 25 villages[4] that fall under the Purushottampur block. Achuli is located 3.4 km from Purushottampur, 20.9 km from Chatrapur, and 129 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.
According to the 2011 census, the village of 1357 persons,[5] includes 683 males and 674 females.[6] The local elections are held in Khalikote (SC) Assembly Constituency[7] (Aska Loksabha, Orissa).
Demographics
The population of Achuli is predominantly Hindu. The village counts 601 scheduled castes, 7 from scheduled tribe while 749 are from the general category.[8]
Central government schemes
Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act[9] ₹ 10 lakhs have been sanctioned to the village Gram Panchayat for construction projects in and around the village.
References
- ^ Purushottampur Block, Pincode.net.in
- ^ Prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in some coastal villages of Ganjam, Orissa, CabDirect
- ^ National village panchayat directory figuring Panchayat Names of Ganjam, Odhisa.
- ^ “DDWS-IMIS”.
- ^ Census India, 2006
- ^ 2011 Population census of Ganjam Block Archived 28 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
- ^ Khalikote (SC) Assembly Constituency, India Study Channel
- ^ Integrated Management Information System[permanent dead link], Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
- ^ “BNRGSK”. 1 July 2012.
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