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Digambarpur gram panchayat

Digambarpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gondia block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,317 people in 873 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhenkanal assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,317
Literacy
76.5%
Area
5.7 km²
LGD code
117287

Villages of Digambarpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Digambarpur2911,11176.9%43%1%
Nuagarh2971,08478.4%3%8%
Brundabanpur14559973.8%44%0%
Ransudhapatana9134175.9%0%0%
Parbatakani4918272.4%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 Digambarpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,317
1,686 male · 1,631 female
Households
873
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.5%
about the same as Gondia block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
967
about the same as Gondia block's villages (962)
Children aged 0–6
365
11.0% of residents
Workers
1,192
35.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
778 (23.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
91 (2.7%)

What the 1,192 workers did

  • Cultivators94 (7.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers168 (14.1%)
  • Household industry4 (0.3%)
  • Other work166 (13.9%)
  • Marginal workers760 (63.8%)

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 Digambarpur

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 6 km², 7% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school2 of 5
  • Secondary school1 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 coverage4 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (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 Gondia block

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