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Gram panchayat · Attabira block · Bargarh

Kharmunda gram panchayat

Kharmunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Attabira block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,846 people in 1,425 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Attabira assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
5,846
Literacy
67.6%
Area
26.4 km²
LGD code
116355

Villages of Kharmunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kharmunda6782,57276.2%27%18%
Jujgaon2781,24958.1%11%66%
Chuldhar2571,13659.4%10%39%
Runipali11551164.1%13%75%
Ghanghati5521476.0%9%79%
Garagadadala229350.0%0%100%
Lambipali207167.7%0%80%

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 Kharmunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,846
2,972 male · 2,874 female
Households
1,425
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.6%
below Attabira block's villages (75.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
967
about the same as Attabira block's villages (968)
Children aged 0–6
640
10.9% of residents
Workers
3,133
53.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,027 (17.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,425 (41.5%)

What the 3,133 workers did

  • Cultivators809 (25.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,571 (50.1%)
  • Household industry186 (5.9%)
  • Other work157 (5.0%)
  • Marginal workers410 (13.1%)

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 Kharmunda

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 26 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school5 of 7
  • Secondary school3 of 7
  • Senior secondary school2 of 7
  • Degree college1 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes6 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 7
  • Commercial bank1 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Vegetables (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 Attabira block

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