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Gram panchayat · Belpara block · Balangir

Nunhad gram panchayat

Nunhad is a gram panchayat (village council) in Belpara block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 6,327 people in 1,576 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
6,327
Literacy
63.5%
Area
19.8 km²
LGD code
115836

Villages of Nunhad

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nunhad6292,60263.9%10%26%
Dunguripali3471,37858.8%10%5%
Chacherbeng3381,24157.0%8%27%
Palesira2621,10675.0%0%8%

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 Nunhad

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,327
3,190 male · 3,137 female
Households
1,576
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.5%
above Belpara block's villages (56.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
983
below Belpara block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
808
12.8% of residents
Workers
2,757
43.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
493 (7.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,171 (18.5%)

What the 2,757 workers did

  • Cultivators770 (27.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers641 (23.2%)
  • Household industry141 (5.1%)
  • Other work392 (14.2%)
  • Marginal workers813 (29.5%)

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 Nunhad

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 20 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre2 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 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 office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Cotton (2).

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 Belpara block

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