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Humma gram panchayat

Humma is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ganjam block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 7,504 people in 1,608 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chhatrapur assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
7,504
Literacy
68.4%
Area
15 km²
LGD code
117748

Villages of Humma

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Humma1,1645,48073.3%18%0%
Borigaon4442,02454.7%24%1%
Badagopalpuruninhabited00–––
Kiajharauninhabited00–––

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 Humma

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,504
3,781 male · 3,723 female
Households
1,608
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.4%
about the same as Ganjam block's villages (67.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
below Ganjam block's villages (996)
Children aged 0–6
938
12.5% of residents
Workers
2,981
39.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,451 (19.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
33 (0.4%)

What the 2,981 workers did

  • Cultivators362 (12.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers462 (15.5%)
  • Household industry31 (1.0%)
  • Other work934 (31.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,192 (40.0%)

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 Humma

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 15 km², 67% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus1 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (1), Cashewnut (1), 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 Ganjam block

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