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Gram panchayat · Sohella block · Bargarh

Rengali gram panchayat

Rengali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sohella block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 7,090 people in 1,971 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhatli assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
7,090
Literacy
72.6%
Area
30.8 km²
LGD code
116573

Villages of Rengali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Grinjel6232,23174.2%37%15%
Birhipali3831,31264.0%23%29%
Mangalpali25389571.7%28%16%
Machhimura18975974.7%7%38%
Rengali20671177.0%13%40%
Brahminidihi19167382.2%12%26%
Chakabahal6826861.6%4%14%
Dhaurakhanda5824173.1%10%45%

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 Rengali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,090
3,576 male · 3,514 female
Households
1,971
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.6%
below Sohella block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
983
about the same as Sohella block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
792
11.2% of residents
Workers
3,581
50.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,652 (23.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,741 (24.6%)

What the 3,581 workers did

  • Cultivators753 (21.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers783 (21.9%)
  • Household industry86 (2.4%)
  • Other work448 (12.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,511 (42.2%)

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 Rengali

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 31 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school1 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Ground Nuts (8), Pulse (8).

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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