Gram panchayat · Palalahada block · Angul

Khamar gram panchayat

Khamar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Palalahada block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 25 villages, home to 8,569 people in 2,023 households at the 2011 census.

Villages: 25
Population (2011): 8,569
Literacy: 80.6%
Area: 26.9 km²
LGD code: 115724

Villages of Khamar

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Odasha	525	2,354	83.2%	43%	6%
Khamar	387	1,456	82.2%	30%	2%
Kochiabeda	195	846	74.4%	26%	11%
Jenapada	211	841	81.6%	26%	5%
Sulia	95	420	95.5%	0%	0%
Satyabanda	102	404	75.6%	2%	20%
Sahupada	97	378	82.4%	19%	0%
Nuapada	76	313	82.3%	15%	7%
Nuthuripasi	54	305	82.0%	4%	74%
Kutarimunda	68	288	75.1%	14%	18%
Basudebapur	59	253	82.5%	22%	5%
Chingudimunda	37	179	52.3%	0%	91%
Gunhapal	38	179	62.3%	0%	44%
Jitadimiria	33	152	90.8%	8%	0%
Pathuri	19	91	57.1%	5%	57%
Kumbhargadi	10	40	94.1%	0%	10%
Telar	8	38	57.7%	5%	95%
Padhanipaluninhabited	4	14	42.9%	0%	0%
Bindapur	3	11	100.0%	0%	0%
Keutamundauninhabited	2	7	66.7%	0%	57%
Firingibahaluninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Jangada	0	0	–	–	–
Mirigiuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Nuapaliuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Pataramundauninhabited	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 Khamar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,569; 4,373 male · 4,196 female
Households: 2,023; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 80.6%; above Palalahada block's villages (67.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 960; about the same as Palalahada block's villages (968)
Children aged 0–6: 943; 11.0% of residents
Workers: 3,741; 43.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,131 (24.9%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,035 (12.1%)

What the 3,741 workers did

Cultivators478 (12.8%)
Agricultural labourers384 (10.3%)
Household industry59 (1.6%)
Other work619 (16.5%)
Marginal workers2,201 (58.8%)

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 Khamar

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 25 villages cover 27 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 15% forest.

Education

Primary school15 of 20
Middle school8 of 20
Secondary school2 of 20
Senior secondary school1 of 20
Degree college1 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre15 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump19 of 20
Electricity for homes20 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road17 of 20
Public bus3 of 20
Mobile phone coverage17 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop10 of 20
Weekly haat2 of 20

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (20), Paddy (19), Til (6), Biri (4), Rasi (1), Mung (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 Palalahada block

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