Gram panchayat · Digapahandi block · Ganjam

Bada-dumula gram panchayat

Bada-dumula is a gram panchayat (village council) in Digapahandi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 6,697 people in 1,565 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Digapahandi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 15
Population (2011): 6,697
Literacy: 61.6%
Area: 37.5 km²
LGD code: 117725

Villages of Bada-dumula

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Badadumula	597	2,659	59.3%	21%	21%
Sumantapur	213	967	61.6%	8%	0%
Sanadumula	200	823	57.2%	8%	0%
Bagada	182	742	73.1%	19%	0%
Krushnakrupamayapur	69	337	82.2%	5%	56%
Jhagadapalli	44	240	76.2%	0%	22%
Dhamanapadar	60	212	50.3%	5%	87%
Mahulapada	62	208	50.9%	0%	100%
Birapadmanabhapur	50	181	63.6%	17%	0%
Kinchirida	30	120	72.2%	0%	100%
Khemanda	19	84	11.0%	0%	100%
Nuagam	24	76	63.6%	0%	100%
Tada	15	48	14.3%	0%	100%
Allalingiuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Syamsundarpuruninhabited	0	0	–	–	–

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 Bada-dumula

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,697; 3,339 male · 3,358 female
Households: 1,565; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 61.6%; about the same as Digapahandi block's villages (62.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,006; above Digapahandi block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6: 830; 12.4% of residents
Workers: 3,529; 52.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 905 (13.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,522 (22.7%)

What the 3,529 workers did

Cultivators602 (17.1%)
Agricultural labourers207 (5.9%)
Household industry39 (1.1%)
Other work400 (11.3%)
Marginal workers2,281 (64.6%)

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 Bada-dumula

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 38 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 12% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 13
Middle school5 of 13
Secondary school1 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump9 of 13
Electricity for homes11 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 13
Public bus0 of 13
Mobile phone coverage10 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Pulses (13).

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.

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