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Gram panchayat · Parjang block · Dhenkanal

Kualo gram panchayat

Kualo is a gram panchayat (village council) in Parjang block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,405 people in 1,028 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
4,405
Literacy
80.2%
Area
10.8 km²
LGD code
117425

Villages of Kualo

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kualo9804,12781.8%14%4%
Kaushalyapal4827854.3%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 Kualo

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,405
2,182 male · 2,223 female
Households
1,028
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.2%
above Parjang block's villages (77.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,019
above Parjang block's villages (965)
Children aged 0–6
464
10.5% of residents
Workers
1,338
30.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
598 (13.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
438 (9.9%)

What the 1,338 workers did

  • Cultivators308 (23.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers260 (19.4%)
  • Household industry29 (2.2%)
  • Other work294 (22.0%)
  • Marginal workers447 (33.4%)

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 Kualo

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 11 km², 8% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes1 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus1 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat2 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Black Gram (2).

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 Parjang block

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