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Gram panchayat · Gaisilet block · Bargarh

Kundakhai gram panchayat

Kundakhai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gaisilet block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,543 people in 921 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bijepur assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,543
Literacy
77.6%
Area
15 km²
LGD code
116493

Villages of Kundakhai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kundakhai5221,90278.5%17%15%
Jhimbahal16668776.6%18%12%
Jhankarpali12454976.0%19%0%
Barhiapali10940576.9%0%6%

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 Kundakhai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,543
1,770 male · 1,773 female
Households
921
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.6%
above Gaisilet block's villages (69.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,002
about the same as Gaisilet block's villages (1,000)
Children aged 0–6
411
11.6% of residents
Workers
2,311
65.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
553 (15.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
394 (11.1%)

What the 2,311 workers did

  • Cultivators616 (26.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers200 (8.7%)
  • Household industry26 (1.1%)
  • Other work140 (6.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,329 (57.5%)

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 Kundakhai

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 15 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus1 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Ground Nuts (4), Pulses (4).

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 Gaisilet block

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