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Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Kumari gram panchayat

Kumari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,700 people in 782 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,700
Literacy
89.2%
Area
2.3 km²
LGD code
275267

Villages of Kumari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kumari3041,54795.3%3%1%
Jamubania2971,28189.0%18%1%
Pandua13160095.0%8%4%
Jalsukha5027238.5%13%82%

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 Kumari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,700
1,893 male · 1,807 female
Households
782
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
89.2%
above Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
955
below Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6
371
10.0% of residents
Workers
1,073
29.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
354 (9.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
268 (7.2%)

What the 1,073 workers did

  • Cultivators15 (1.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers70 (6.5%)
  • Household industry38 (3.5%)
  • Other work853 (79.5%)
  • Marginal workers97 (9.0%)

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 Kumari

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 2 km², 28% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college1 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

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

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus1 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
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Black Groundnut (1), Vegitable (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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