Gram panchayat · Athmallik block · Angul

Purunmantri gram panchayat

Purunmantri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Athmallik block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 5,875 people in 1,408 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Athmallik assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 5,875
Literacy: 77.3%
Area: 35.3 km²
LGD code: 115600

Villages of Purunmantri

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Malipadar	237	932	83.5%	5%	5%
Odasinga	208	843	73.8%	23%	1%
Nuamanantri	189	767	76.3%	30%	6%
Rajing	124	552	80.6%	3%	20%
Deulabeda	115	534	82.4%	10%	32%
Hingamandal	109	488	67.7%	0%	42%
Purunamanantri	97	394	92.4%	42%	17%
Jirad	99	361	74.9%	0%	11%
Mahendrapur	82	344	63.2%	12%	26%
Gopalpur	52	245	72.5%	2%	22%
Kairighati	40	169	72.3%	0%	34%
Chilakhandi	29	129	76.3%	0%	14%
Kusapur	25	103	70.6%	0%	6%
Tambabajeni	2	14	100.0%	0%	100%
Jagabandhupur	0	0	–	–	–
Keutabhuin	0	0	–	–	–
Sarthakapur	0	0	–	–	–

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 Purunmantri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,875; 2,964 male · 2,911 female
Households: 1,408; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 77.3%; above Athmallik block's villages (75.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 982; below Athmallik block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6: 732; 12.5% of residents
Workers: 3,512; 59.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 756 (12.9%)
Scheduled Tribes: 927 (15.8%)

What the 3,512 workers did

Cultivators675 (19.2%)
Agricultural labourers595 (16.9%)
Household industry62 (1.8%)
Other work576 (16.4%)
Marginal workers1,604 (45.7%)

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 Purunmantri

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 17 villages cover 35 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 14
Middle school9 of 14
Secondary school1 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre2 of 14
Anganwadi centre10 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump12 of 14
Electricity for homes14 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road2 of 14
Public bus0 of 14
Mobile phone coverage13 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office0 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 14
Weekly haat0 of 14

Primary schools: 18
Middle schools: 12
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Black Gram (14), Kolatha (4), Biri (3), Harad (2), Vegetable (2), Harada (1), Dal (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 Athmallik block

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