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Gram panchayat · Tirtol block · Jagatsinghpur

Kanimula gram panchayat

Kanimula is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tirtol block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 8,228 people in 1,796 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Tirtol assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
8,228
Literacy
87.0%
Area
10.7 km²
LGD code
118221

Villages of Kanimula

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bhansar4111,87678.8%19%0%
Kilipal2681,22484.3%31%0%
Lankapada2291,01888.9%22%0%
Kanimul18393091.7%30%6%
Mirjapur18888293.4%20%0%
Matagajapur16668784.2%56%0%
Gaithipur12760496.5%32%0%
Narijanga14659392.6%12%0%
Tasangaraberhampur7841485.6%21%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 Kanimula

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,228
4,126 male · 4,102 female
Households
1,796
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.0%
below Tirtol block's villages (88.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
994
about the same as Tirtol block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6
754
9.2% of residents
Workers
2,927
35.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,150 (26.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
54 (0.7%)

What the 2,927 workers did

  • Cultivators779 (26.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers804 (27.5%)
  • Household industry76 (2.6%)
  • Other work631 (21.6%)
  • Marginal workers637 (21.8%)

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 Kanimula

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 11 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school5 of 9
  • Secondary school3 of 9
  • Senior secondary school1 of 9
  • Degree college1 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre2 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
6
Degree colleges
2
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Pulses (5), Biri (3), Mung (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 Tirtol block

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