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Jharabandh gram panchayat

Jharabandh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Paikmal block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,698 people in 948 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Padampur assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,698
Literacy
57.6%
Area
20.7 km²
LGD code
116542

Villages of Jharabandh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Temrimal22586558.5%13%65%
Jharbandha18768557.9%6%84%
Ganjadabar16867162.1%6%87%
Patrapali16463947.9%24%41%
Menakamunda11848057.9%17%60%
Jalgarh8635862.6%18%76%

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 Jharabandh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,698
1,817 male · 1,881 female
Households
948
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.6%
below Paikmal block's villages (67.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,035
above Paikmal block's villages (1,012)
Children aged 0–6
560
15.1% of residents
Workers
1,852
50.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
490 (13.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,546 (68.8%)

What the 1,852 workers did

  • Cultivators313 (16.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers149 (8.0%)
  • Household industry5 (0.3%)
  • Other work170 (9.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,215 (65.6%)

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 Jharabandh

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 21 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school2 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes4 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Pulses (6), Badam (6). Handicrafts: Broomstick (1), Bamboo Materials (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 Paikmal block

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