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Remunda gram panchayat

Remunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bheden block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 10,701 people in 2,575 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Attabira assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
10,701
Literacy
76.2%
Area
23.7 km²
LGD code
116448

Villages of Remunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Remanda1,6106,64875.1%26%6%
Thuapali2881,17380.7%21%21%
Mahulpali2551,02778.7%28%11%
Bhoipali22698581.2%22%3%
Dunguripali19686870.2%5%28%

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 Remunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
10,701
5,446 male · 5,255 female
Households
2,575
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.2%
about the same as Bheden block's villages (76.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
965
about the same as Bheden block's villages (958)
Children aged 0–6
1,082
10.1% of residents
Workers
5,052
47.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,543 (23.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,014 (9.5%)

What the 5,052 workers did

  • Cultivators916 (18.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers685 (13.6%)
  • Household industry380 (7.5%)
  • Other work801 (15.9%)
  • Marginal workers2,270 (44.9%)

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 Remunda

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 24 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 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 office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat2 of 5
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5). Handicrafts: Pata Saree, Tossara (1), Sambalpuri Saree,Bedsheet,Parda (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 Bheden block

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