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Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Kamagarh gram panchayat

Kamagarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,342 people in 755 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,342
Literacy
78.3%
Area
4.1 km²
LGD code
118342

Villages of Kamagarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kamagar3251,29276.0%8%0%
Betamali Sasan18183376.1%1%0%
Gengutia13369985.5%25%0%
Bharatpur11651877.9%9%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 Kamagarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,342
1,730 male · 1,612 female
Households
755
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.3%
below Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
932
below Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
412
12.3% of residents
Workers
954
28.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
345 (10.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 954 workers did

  • Cultivators209 (21.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers64 (6.7%)
  • Household industry22 (2.3%)
  • Other work358 (37.5%)
  • Marginal workers301 (31.6%)

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 Kamagarh

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 4 km², 73% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 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 office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Pulses (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 Dahrmasala block

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