Gram panchayat · Gumma block · Gajapati

Tarangada gram panchayat

Tarangada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gumma block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 5,257 people in 1,128 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 5,257
Literacy: 47.4%
Area: 84.2 km²
LGD code: 117473

Villages of Tarangada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Khollabada	137	620	42.7%	0%	100%
Tarangada	146	582	49.7%	0%	74%
Parasamba	92	560	49.8%	1%	97%
Kurulunda	106	522	60.0%	7%	13%
Saurakurlanda	114	501	29.2%	0%	100%
Andersingi	94	402	67.0%	0%	8%
Tahajung	68	345	44.8%	0%	100%
Parasamba	60	307	34.0%	0%	100%
Tamasingi	52	274	53.0%	0%	100%
Jilidipadu	60	257	65.8%	0%	16%
Konda Parasamba	36	202	22.6%	0%	100%
Ambajhari	41	194	63.2%	0%	69%
Gantra	44	179	46.6%	0%	99%
Panguda	28	112	33.7%	0%	100%
Logu	18	90	37.0%	0%	100%
Radhakantapur(U.I)	21	78	14.5%	0%	99%
Dhepaguda	7	18	35.7%	0%	94%
Uparalogu	4	14	46.2%	0%	100%
Kurulunda	0	0	–	–	–
Mukudipadu	0	0	–	–	–
Dr. Banjiru	–	–	–	–	–

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 Tarangada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,257; 2,662 male · 2,595 female
Households: 1,128; about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 47.4%; about the same as Gumma block's villages (47.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 975; below Gumma block's villages (1,048)
Children aged 0–6: 788; 15.0% of residents
Workers: 2,897; 55.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 43 (0.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,976 (75.6%)

What the 2,897 workers did

Cultivators465 (16.1%)
Agricultural labourers873 (30.1%)
Household industry4 (0.1%)
Other work294 (10.1%)
Marginal workers1,261 (43.5%)

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 Tarangada

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 84 km², 30% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 18
Middle school3 of 18
Secondary school2 of 18
Senior secondary school0 of 18
Degree college0 of 18

Health

Primary health centre0 of 18
Health sub-centre1 of 18
Anganwadi centre9 of 18

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 18
Hand pump13 of 18
Electricity for homes16 of 18

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 18
Public bus1 of 18
Mobile phone coverage15 of 18

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 18
Commercial bank0 of 18
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 18
Weekly haat0 of 18

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Ragi (14).

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 Gumma block

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