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Gram panchayat · Nischinta Koili block · Cuttack

Jamara gram panchayat

Jamara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nischinta Koili block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,473 people in 859 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Cuttack Sadar assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,473
Literacy
87.4%
Area
4.4 km²
LGD code
117087

Villages of Jamara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamara3281,40485.6%8%0%
Bisamapada21882786.1%57%0%
Agyanpur15962888.2%22%0%
Kamalpur12048592.4%32%0%
Namakani3412992.3%3%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 Jamara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,473
1,794 male · 1,679 female
Households
859
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.4%
above Nischinta Koili block's villages (84.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
936
below Nischinta Koili block's villages (963)
Children aged 0–6
353
10.2% of residents
Workers
1,374
39.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
885 (25.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,374 workers did

  • Cultivators377 (27.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers207 (15.1%)
  • Household industry3 (0.2%)
  • Other work238 (17.3%)
  • Marginal workers549 (40.0%)

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 Jamara

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 4 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 5
  • Middle school0 of 5
  • Secondary school0 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (5), Jute (2).

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 Nischinta Koili block

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