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Gram panchayat · Kishorenagar block · Angul

Luhamunda gram panchayat

Luhamunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kishorenagar block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,593 people in 814 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Athmallik assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,593
Literacy
81.3%
Area
12.6 km²
LGD code
275361

Villages of Luhamunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Luhamunda6392,81079.9%17%22%
Bidising10746386.2%9%21%
Deberapali5125190.8%0%33%
Gunthapada176968.3%0%90%

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 Luhamunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,593
1,830 male · 1,763 female
Households
814
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.3%
above Kishorenagar block's villages (78.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
963
below Kishorenagar block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6
439
12.2% of residents
Workers
1,857
51.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
513 (14.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
871 (24.2%)

What the 1,857 workers did

  • Cultivators345 (18.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers138 (7.4%)
  • Household industry43 (2.3%)
  • Other work533 (28.7%)
  • Marginal workers798 (43.0%)

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 Luhamunda

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 13 km², 26% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college1 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 coverage3 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (4), Paddy (3), Biri (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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