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Gram panchayat · Sheragada block · Ganjam

Thuruburai gram panchayat

Thuruburai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sheragada block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 5,704 people in 1,123 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Hinjili assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
5,704
Literacy
72.4%
Area
2.9 km²
LGD code
118015

Villages of Thuruburai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Thuruburai5052,59875.4%9%0%
Khaspa3021,67166.0%24%0%
Kanabhaga15873666.1%10%0%
Marudijaganathpur15869982.4%26%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 Thuruburai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,704
3,026 male · 2,678 female
Households
1,123
about 5.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.4%
above Sheragada block's villages (68.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
885
below Sheragada block's villages (967)
Children aged 0–6
765
13.4% of residents
Workers
2,774
48.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
899 (15.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,774 workers did

  • Cultivators683 (24.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers807 (29.1%)
  • Household industry20 (0.7%)
  • Other work252 (9.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,012 (36.5%)

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 Thuruburai

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 3 km², 83% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Ragi (4), Moong (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 Sheragada block

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