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Kukuta gram panchayat

Kukuta is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hindol block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 2,961 people in 727 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Hindol assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
2,961
Literacy
79.4%
Area
5.2 km²
LGD code
117330

Villages of Kukuta

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kukuta7272,96179.4%17%1%

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 Kukuta

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,961
1,478 male · 1,483 female
Households
727
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.4%
above Hindol block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,003
above Hindol block's villages (959)
Children aged 0–6
267
9.0% of residents
Workers
948
32.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
511 (17.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
26 (0.9%)

What the 948 workers did

  • Cultivators218 (23.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers202 (21.3%)
  • Household industry16 (1.7%)
  • Other work353 (37.2%)
  • Marginal workers159 (16.8%)

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 Kukuta

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 5 km², 84% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat0 of 1
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Black Gram (1).

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 Hindol block

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