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Gram panchayat · Ambabhona block · Bargarh

Khola gram panchayat

Khola is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ambabhona block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 2,229 people in 483 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhatli assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
2,229
Literacy
76.9%
Area
4.6 km²
LGD code
275664

Villages of Khola

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khola17579073.6%3%53%
Paruabhadi8642086.6%3%25%
Kurumkel7738477.0%11%59%
Chakramal7633276.7%0%36%
Bhuthuli3616969.3%80%8%
Rengalipali3313474.1%3%88%

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 Khola

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,229
1,076 male · 1,153 female
Households
483
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.9%
about the same as Ambabhona block's villages (77.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,072
above Ambabhona block's villages (986)
Children aged 0–6
265
11.9% of residents
Workers
1,394
62.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
215 (9.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
996 (44.7%)

What the 1,394 workers did

  • Cultivators256 (18.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers66 (4.7%)
  • Household industry3 (0.2%)
  • Other work398 (28.6%)
  • Marginal workers671 (48.1%)

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 Khola

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 5 km², 65% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Pulses (3), Groundnut (3).

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 Ambabhona block

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