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Jamurda gram panchayat

Jamurda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bargarh block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 7,034 people in 1,642 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bargarh assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
7,034
Literacy
73.4%
Area
11.8 km²
LGD code
116381

Villages of Jamurda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamurda9774,20574.0%15%18%
Padhanpali6652,82972.5%28%5%

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 Jamurda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,034
3,649 male · 3,385 female
Households
1,642
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.4%
about the same as Bargarh block's villages (74.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
928
below Bargarh block's villages (943)
Children aged 0–6
775
11.0% of residents
Workers
3,411
48.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,442 (20.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
900 (12.8%)

What the 3,411 workers did

  • Cultivators909 (26.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers739 (21.7%)
  • Household industry35 (1.0%)
  • Other work894 (26.2%)
  • Marginal workers834 (24.5%)

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 Jamurda

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 12 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school0 of 2
  • Senior secondary school2 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank1 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (1), Mango (1), Ground Nuts (1), Vegetable (1). Handicrafts: Weaving (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 Bargarh block

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