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Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Puranaboulamal gram panchayat

Puranaboulamal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,430 people in 1,044 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,430
Literacy
68.0%
Area
7.1 km²
LGD code
118356

Villages of Puranaboulamal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baramunduli2261,24667.8%68%18%
Sukutijhar2101,09281.6%1%37%
Kaduabaulamal16484669.9%35%32%
Purunabaulamal14570752.1%0%86%
Satman9650075.0%0%22%
Krushnapasi7739056.0%18%82%
Khajuribati6432761.2%37%59%
Uttarposi3317651.0%0%100%
Thakura2914676.7%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 Puranaboulamal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,430
2,751 male · 2,679 female
Households
1,044
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.0%
below Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
974
about the same as Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
687
12.7% of residents
Workers
1,441
26.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,337 (24.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,309 (42.5%)

What the 1,441 workers did

  • Cultivators438 (30.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers117 (8.1%)
  • Household industry10 (0.7%)
  • Other work778 (54.0%)
  • Marginal workers98 (6.8%)

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 Puranaboulamal

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 7 km², 46% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 9
  • Middle school5 of 9
  • Secondary school2 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road7 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), 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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