Gram panchayat · Kantamal block · Boudh

Khuntigora gram panchayat

Khuntigora is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantamal block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 4,912 people in 1,214 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantamal assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 4,912
Literacy: 61.1%
Area: 23.5 km²
LGD code: 116826

Villages of Khuntigora

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Masinagora	278	1,138	64.3%	13%	21%
Gochhagora	160	585	66.9%	7%	51%
Sindhugora	127	499	68.2%	10%	15%
Uder	99	474	56.7%	17%	54%
Bandhugora	99	405	53.8%	18%	56%
Ashregam	108	403	62.9%	37%	28%
Sanakalarakotha	86	332	53.6%	16%	39%
Sukhamunda	58	226	56.1%	54%	32%
Khuntigora	50	192	78.9%	22%	6%
Badakalarakotha	32	147	42.6%	0%	0%
Pratimal	30	123	50.5%	0%	60%
Kacharpali	23	117	57.9%	0%	44%
Khairmal	27	105	58.2%	0%	100%
Kendubeda	15	78	59.0%	0%	85%
Bardibahal	16	70	40.4%	0%	61%
Ader	6	18	66.7%	0%	0%

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 Khuntigora

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,912; 2,405 male · 2,507 female
Households: 1,214; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 61.1%; below Kantamal block's villages (67.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,042; above Kantamal block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6: 750; 15.3% of residents
Workers: 2,753; 56.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 761 (15.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,770 (36.0%)

What the 2,753 workers did

Cultivators373 (13.5%)
Agricultural labourers334 (12.1%)
Household industry8 (0.3%)
Other work128 (4.6%)
Marginal workers1,910 (69.4%)

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 Khuntigora

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 24 km², 49% of it sown with crops and 16% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 16
Middle school3 of 16
Secondary school1 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre8 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes1 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road11 of 16
Public bus0 of 16
Mobile phone coverage15 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 16
Weekly haat1 of 16

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Pulses (16), Vegetables (11), Maize (5).

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 Kantamal block

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