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Gram panchayat · Talacher block · Angul

Hensamul gram panchayat

Hensamul is a gram panchayat (village council) in Talacher block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,375 people in 993 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talcher assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,375
Literacy
78.4%
Area
12.5 km²
LGD code
115749

Villages of Hensamul

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Hensamul4091,93583.3%19%19%
Naraharipur2971,30374.0%34%3%
Jilinda2611,02473.3%29%4%
Nakulbaspuruninhabited125792.3%7%0%
Ambamunda145688.7%18%0%
Khandualbahaluninhabited00–––

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 Hensamul

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,375
2,321 male · 2,054 female
Households
993
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.4%
about the same as Talacher block's villages (79.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
885
below Talacher block's villages (914)
Children aged 0–6
552
12.6% of residents
Workers
1,305
29.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,127 (25.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
437 (10.0%)

What the 1,305 workers did

  • Cultivators54 (4.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers28 (2.1%)
  • Household industry15 (1.1%)
  • Other work804 (61.6%)
  • Marginal workers404 (31.0%)

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 Hensamul

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 12 km², 29% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump4 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (5).

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 Talacher block

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