Gram panchayat · Nuagada block · Gajapati

Luhangar gram panchayat

Luhangar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nuagada block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 3,308 people in 692 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 3,308
Literacy: 42.1%
Area: 28.5 km²
LGD code: 117527

Villages of Luhangar

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Rebidi	102	559	36.4%	0%	99%
Luhangar	74	402	55.5%	0%	100%
Sauri	72	320	47.5%	0%	100%
Kitungul	61	300	44.4%	0%	100%
Pelar	52	264	38.9%	0%	98%
Bagari	60	253	40.7%	0%	99%
Kijang	51	222	53.4%	0%	95%
Muri	43	199	37.1%	0%	99%
Luhasing	44	194	45.1%	0%	100%
Kumjang	30	142	28.2%	0%	100%
Kudinda	22	112	15.0%	0%	100%
Taramagada	26	107	29.4%	0%	100%
Tunderi	21	82	46.6%	0%	100%
Takabul	12	63	50.0%	0%	100%
Khamarnuasahi	12	54	34.1%	0%	100%
Sauraantarda	10	35	24.1%	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 Luhangar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,308; 1,622 male · 1,686 female
Households: 692; about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 42.1%; below Nuagada block's villages (49.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,039; below Nuagada block's villages (1,053)
Children aged 0–6: 523; 15.8% of residents
Workers: 1,962; 59.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 0 (0.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,282 (99.2%)

What the 1,962 workers did

Cultivators598 (30.5%)
Agricultural labourers262 (13.4%)
Household industry0 (0.0%)
Other work47 (2.4%)
Marginal workers1,055 (53.8%)

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 Luhangar

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 28 km², 16% of it sown with crops and 30% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 16
Middle school0 of 16
Secondary school0 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre12 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes16 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 16
Public bus6 of 16
Mobile phone coverage12 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office0 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 16
Weekly haat0 of 16

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 0
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15), Pulses (10), Vegetables (7), Til (3), Ragi (2), Ground Nuts (1), Maize (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 Nuagada block

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