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Gram panchayat · Narasinghpur block · Cuttack

Jodumu gram panchayat

Jodumu is a gram panchayat (village council) in Narasinghpur block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,278 people in 946 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baramba assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,278
Literacy
73.8%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
117034

Villages of Jodumu

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jodumu4822,10272.1%31%4%
Odasinga3271,53073.4%33%8%
Mardamekha13764679.9%9%0%
Dabakhol00–––
Tolakapatia00–––

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 Jodumu

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,278
2,240 male · 2,038 female
Households
946
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.8%
below Narasinghpur block's villages (81.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
910
about the same as Narasinghpur block's villages (906)
Children aged 0–6
495
11.6% of residents
Workers
1,619
37.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,225 (28.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
198 (4.6%)

What the 1,619 workers did

  • Cultivators151 (9.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers424 (26.2%)
  • Household industry4 (0.2%)
  • Other work318 (19.6%)
  • Marginal workers722 (44.6%)

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 Jodumu

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 5 villages cover 12 km², 41% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump0 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus3 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 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
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Narasinghpur block

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