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Gram panchayat · Turekela block · Balangir

Kameimunda gram panchayat

Kameimunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Turekela block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 2,976 people in 770 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantabanji assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
2,976
Literacy
47.3%
Area
12.3 km²
LGD code
116036

Villages of Kameimunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Pakhanmunda22685334.1%8%64%
Kameimunda19874352.8%10%62%
Mandala14262251.2%9%53%
Pandren15555854.2%9%1%
Rahenbhata4920050.9%10%70%

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 Kameimunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,976
1,507 male · 1,469 female
Households
770
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
47.3%
below Turekela block's villages (50.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
975
below Turekela block's villages (1,019)
Children aged 0–6
501
16.8% of residents
Workers
1,594
53.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
269 (9.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,484 (49.9%)

What the 1,594 workers did

  • Cultivators386 (24.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers237 (14.9%)
  • Household industry16 (1.0%)
  • Other work79 (5.0%)
  • Marginal workers876 (55.0%)

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 Kameimunda

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 5 villages cover 12 km², 41% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school0 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Cotton (4), Onion (3), Wheat (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 Turekela block

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