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Gram panchayat · Sohella block · Bargarh

Karandola gram panchayat

Karandola is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sohella block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 2,898 people in 832 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhatli assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
2,898
Literacy
76.2%
Area
14.3 km²
LGD code
116567

Villages of Karandola

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Karandola3721,26180.8%17%21%
Duanpali2941,10278.4%29%44%
Damapali16653561.3%19%44%

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 Karandola

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,898
1,442 male · 1,456 female
Households
832
about 3.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.2%
about the same as Sohella block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,010
above Sohella block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
319
11.0% of residents
Workers
1,902
65.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
632 (21.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
988 (34.1%)

What the 1,902 workers did

  • Cultivators579 (30.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers370 (19.5%)
  • Household industry19 (1.0%)
  • Other work95 (5.0%)
  • Marginal workers839 (44.1%)

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 Karandola

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 14 km², 46% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes2 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Ground Nuts (3), Mung (2), Vegitable (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 Sohella block

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