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Gram panchayat · Bangomunda block · Balangir

Kansil gram panchayat

Kansil is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bangomunda block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,782 people in 895 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantabanji assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,782
Literacy
52.0%
Area
7.5 km²
LGD code
275183

Villages of Kansil

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kansil3251,40943.5%15%14%
Dhundimahul2751,03058.1%10%9%
Dumermunda16172351.5%31%13%
Balikhamar9245757.0%1%10%
Khairpadar4216374.5%40%60%

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 Kansil

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,782
1,936 male · 1,846 female
Households
895
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
52.0%
below Bangomunda block's villages (54.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
954
below Bangomunda block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
512
13.5% of residents
Workers
1,703
45.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
602 (15.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
528 (14.0%)

What the 1,703 workers did

  • Cultivators148 (8.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers138 (8.1%)
  • Household industry187 (11.0%)
  • Other work50 (2.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,180 (69.3%)

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 Kansil

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 8 km², 70% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes0 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 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) shop0 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Bangomunda block

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