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Joranda gram panchayat

Joranda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gondia block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 7,180 people in 1,634 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhenkanal assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
7,180
Literacy
83.1%
Area
16.5 km²
LGD code
117289

Villages of Joranda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jorandauninhabited6462,93189.2%9%14%
Atinda2421,05672.8%11%0%
Kankalunda23298470.1%15%5%
Natima15065272.0%0%0%
Jorandapatana12652893.2%10%0%
Manitiri9741088.1%0%0%
Jamusara8537891.0%1%0%
Nuagan5423694.6%10%6%
Ambakhol25100.0%0%0%
Balibandha00–––
Banguramal00–––

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 Joranda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,180
3,783 male · 3,397 female
Households
1,634
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.1%
above Gondia block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
898
below Gondia block's villages (962)
Children aged 0–6
781
10.9% of residents
Workers
2,633
36.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
597 (8.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
468 (6.5%)

What the 2,633 workers did

  • Cultivators358 (13.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers452 (17.2%)
  • Household industry46 (1.7%)
  • Other work1,096 (41.6%)
  • Marginal workers681 (25.9%)

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 Joranda

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 16 km², 82% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 9
  • Middle school5 of 9
  • Secondary school3 of 9
  • Senior secondary school2 of 9
  • Degree college2 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump8 of 9
  • Electricity for homes8 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 9
  • Public bus8 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 9
  • Weekly haat3 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
6
Degree colleges
2
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Black Gram (9).

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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