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Gram panchayat · Mohana block · Gajapati

Dambaguda gram panchayat

Dambaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mohana block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 2,946 people in 652 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
15
Population (2011)
2,946
Literacy
38.7%
Area
4.5 km²
LGD code
117499

Villages of Dambaguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gundripanka8335525.6%0%93%
Budhanilidi8332632.8%0%99%
Sarka5428736.3%0%66%
Kutama6028650.0%62%13%
Kantahuru3827973.1%1%99%
Dambaguda7525540.1%3%36%
Pahadima5225124.7%0%97%
Golapaju4522428.7%0%100%
Buleripada3817026.4%0%84%
Gandapaju3515970.5%0%13%
Katrapaju2410415.6%0%98%
Pangulu21928.6%0%100%
Haraguda259152.9%0%100%
Kamakuti144729.3%0%100%
Pangakatra52012.5%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 Dambaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,946
1,326 male · 1,620 female
Households
652
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
38.7%
below Mohana block's villages (51.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,222
above Mohana block's villages (1,050)
Children aged 0–6
618
21.0% of residents
Workers
1,476
50.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
189 (6.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,229 (75.7%)

What the 1,476 workers did

  • Cultivators477 (32.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers220 (14.9%)
  • Household industry1 (0.1%)
  • Other work44 (3.0%)
  • Marginal workers734 (49.7%)

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 Dambaguda

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 5 km², 17% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 15
  • Middle school4 of 15
  • Secondary school1 of 15
  • Senior secondary school0 of 15
  • Degree college0 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre0 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump9 of 15
  • Electricity for homes11 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 15
  • Public bus0 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 15
  • Weekly haat0 of 15
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15).

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 Mohana block

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