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Gram panchayat · Laikera block · Jharsuguda

Jammal gram panchayat

Jammal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Laikera block of Jharsuguda district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,653 people in 934 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jharsuguda assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,653
Literacy
65.9%
Area
16.1 km²
LGD code
118551

Villages of Jammal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jammal3201,19259.4%8%89%
Tapgunja20683767.9%16%61%
Ganjudihi18572265.6%12%66%
Routbahal11150167.8%12%84%
Naik Karla11240178.3%13%54%

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 Jammal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,653
1,872 male · 1,781 female
Households
934
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.9%
below Laikera block's villages (71.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
951
below Laikera block's villages (1,017)
Children aged 0–6
423
11.6% of residents
Workers
2,242
61.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
442 (12.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,679 (73.3%)

What the 2,242 workers did

  • Cultivators677 (30.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers240 (10.7%)
  • Household industry14 (0.6%)
  • Other work140 (6.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,171 (52.2%)

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 Jammal

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 16 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).

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 Laikera block

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