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Gram panchayat · Talacher block · Angul

Kumunda gram panchayat

Kumunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Talacher block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,160 people in 1,068 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talcher assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,160
Literacy
76.0%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
115755

Villages of Kumunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kumunda4661,83882.5%14%0%
Chitalpur3361,33468.4%49%1%
Maradahariharpur22483472.9%21%0%
Parabeda4215479.6%8%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 Kumunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,160
2,144 male · 2,016 female
Households
1,068
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.0%
below Talacher block's villages (79.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
940
above Talacher block's villages (914)
Children aged 0–6
478
11.5% of residents
Workers
1,492
35.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,099 (26.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
19 (0.5%)

What the 1,492 workers did

  • Cultivators242 (16.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers377 (25.3%)
  • Household industry15 (1.0%)
  • Other work396 (26.5%)
  • Marginal workers462 (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 Kumunda

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 12 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Black Gram (4).

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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