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Gram panchayat · Parjang block · Dhenkanal

Patharakhumba gram panchayat

Patharakhumba is a gram panchayat (village council) in Parjang block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,879 people in 940 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
3,879
Literacy
65.5%
Area
21.8 km²
LGD code
275115

Villages of Patharakhumba

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Patharakhumba4732,05865.0%18%9%
Kamarda4671,82166.2%15%15%

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 Patharakhumba

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,879
1,957 male · 1,922 female
Households
940
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.5%
below Parjang block's villages (77.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
982
above Parjang block's villages (965)
Children aged 0–6
478
12.3% of residents
Workers
1,629
42.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
655 (16.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
463 (11.9%)

What the 1,629 workers did

  • Cultivators381 (23.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers285 (17.5%)
  • Household industry3 (0.2%)
  • Other work124 (7.6%)
  • Marginal workers836 (51.3%)

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 Patharakhumba

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 22 km², 25% of it sown with crops and 47% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school2 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

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

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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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