Gram panchayat · Gondia block · Dhenkanal

Karamul gram panchayat

Karamul is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gondia block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 7,873 people in 1,861 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhenkanal assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 7,873
Literacy: 79.0%
Area: 17.3 km²
LGD code: 117292

Villages of Karamul

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Karamulpatana	494	2,047	78.4%	32%	1%
Ambapada	333	1,416	90.8%	10%	0%
Makundapur	303	1,313	94.7%	0%	0%
Aswakhola	122	614	74.2%	3%	40%
Goradapal	145	607	67.9%	100%	0%
Majhipal	124	515	70.1%	36%	7%
Hatibari	125	501	70.0%	86%	12%
Bhaliakana	82	326	72.9%	22%	0%
Raipal	82	316	61.5%	94%	0%
Santrapur	43	190	25.1%	43%	8%
Jagaberena	6	26	72.0%	85%	15%
Dandeswaruninhabited	2	2	50.0%	50%	0%
Hatibarikuduninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Jhinkatopbahaliuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Kudakhetriuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Naguanuninhabited	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 Karamul

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,873; 4,113 male · 3,760 female
Households: 1,861; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 79.0%; above Gondia block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 914; below Gondia block's villages (962)
Children aged 0–6: 902; 11.5% of residents
Workers: 2,597; 33.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,505 (31.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 393 (5.0%)

What the 2,597 workers did

Cultivators391 (15.1%)
Agricultural labourers882 (34.0%)
Household industry33 (1.3%)
Other work478 (18.4%)
Marginal workers813 (31.3%)

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 Karamul

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 17 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 12
Middle school6 of 12
Secondary school2 of 12
Senior secondary school0 of 12
Degree college0 of 12

Health

Primary health centre0 of 12
Health sub-centre0 of 12
Anganwadi centre9 of 12

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 12
Hand pump11 of 12
Electricity for homes11 of 12

Roads & transport

All-weather road11 of 12
Public bus0 of 12
Mobile phone coverage11 of 12

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 12
Commercial bank0 of 12
Ration (PDS) shop7 of 12
Weekly haat0 of 12

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Black Gram (12).

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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