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Gram panchayat · Bhanjanagar block · Ganjam

Lembhai gram panchayat

Lembhai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhanjanagar block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,651 people in 1,029 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhanjanagar assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,651
Literacy
73.3%
Area
11 km²
LGD code
117650

Villages of Lembhai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Lembhai4652,11668.8%26%0%
Halandakhola18081081.8%21%5%
Balisahi15870373.8%55%0%
Kadalundi10651972.4%22%0%
Tangana11950078.5%13%0%
Badatulasipalli13100.0%0%0%
Kisangadiauninhabited00–––

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 Lembhai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,651
2,326 male · 2,325 female
Households
1,029
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.3%
about the same as Bhanjanagar block's villages (72.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,000
above Bhanjanagar block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
549
11.8% of residents
Workers
1,920
41.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,286 (27.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
40 (0.9%)

What the 1,920 workers did

  • Cultivators308 (16.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers133 (6.9%)
  • Household industry102 (5.3%)
  • Other work165 (8.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,212 (63.1%)

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 Lembhai

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 11 km², 61% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump5 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (3), Til (3).

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 Bhanjanagar block

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