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Matha Tentulia gram panchayat

Matha Tentulia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gondia block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,753 people in 1,683 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhenkanal assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,753
Literacy
64.2%
Area
14.1 km²
LGD code
117299

Villages of Matha Tentulia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nilakanthapursasan4812,18346.6%10%55%
Mathatentulia4521,62976.5%14%28%
Eleijanga25394273.6%6%30%
Arachua22386869.5%15%17%
Surapratap-Rajkishorpur17972079.5%10%9%
Mundamari9541141.4%0%100%

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 Matha Tentulia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,753
3,386 male · 3,367 female
Households
1,683
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.2%
below Gondia block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
994
above Gondia block's villages (962)
Children aged 0–6
936
13.9% of residents
Workers
2,460
36.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
710 (10.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,568 (38.0%)

What the 2,460 workers did

  • Cultivators263 (10.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers861 (35.0%)
  • Household industry50 (2.0%)
  • Other work330 (13.4%)
  • Marginal workers956 (38.9%)

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 Matha Tentulia

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 14 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6).

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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