Gram panchayat · Kishorenagar block · Angul

Urukula gram panchayat

Urukula is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kishorenagar block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 6,284 people in 1,491 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Athmallik assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 6,284
Literacy: 79.3%
Area: 27.1 km²
LGD code: 115711

Villages of Urukula

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Urukula	308	1,219	74.5%	24%	12%
Parsumal	233	967	92.3%	28%	9%
Ghanapur	185	732	73.4%	12%	15%
Serenda	107	496	86.7%	0%	57%
Gundurimunda	104	495	68.9%	72%	24%
Jamujhari	115	492	76.5%	19%	0%
Pitabaligorada	112	456	82.2%	7%	0%
Raghunathpur	119	455	85.9%	2%	6%
Satapardia	90	447	63.9%	0%	77%
Khamar	75	346	88.6%	0%	82%
Gobardhanpur	26	106	72.7%	0%	19%
Jamubania	17	73	82.1%	0%	0%
Nuakuajhariuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Pidharagadiuninhabited	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 Urukula

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,284; 3,136 male · 3,148 female
Households: 1,491; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 79.3%; above Kishorenagar block's villages (78.1%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,004; above Kishorenagar block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6: 780; 12.4% of residents
Workers: 3,424; 54.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,145 (18.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,422 (22.6%)

What the 3,424 workers did

Cultivators403 (11.8%)
Agricultural labourers447 (13.1%)
Household industry334 (9.8%)
Other work220 (6.4%)
Marginal workers2,020 (59.0%)

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 Urukula

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 27 km², 42% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 12
Middle school5 of 12
Secondary school1 of 12
Senior secondary school0 of 12
Degree college0 of 12

Health

Primary health centre0 of 12
Health sub-centre2 of 12
Anganwadi centre12 of 12

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 12
Hand pump11 of 12
Electricity for homes12 of 12

Roads & transport

All-weather road8 of 12
Public bus6 of 12
Mobile phone coverage11 of 12

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 12
Commercial bank0 of 12
Ration (PDS) shop9 of 12
Weekly haat1 of 12

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (12), Paddy (6), Ground Nut (4), Ground Nuts (1), Ground Nuts, Green Gram (1). Handicrafts: Furnitures (3), Mason (3).

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 Kishorenagar block

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