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Gram panchayat · Dharamagarh block · Kalahandi

Tambachhada gram panchayat

Tambachhada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dharamagarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,397 people in 1,359 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,397
Literacy
58.0%
Area
15.9 km²
LGD code
118643

Villages of Tambachhada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Taranja3401,38456.0%32%4%
Telipalas3181,33455.1%23%13%
Khanatara3141,16160.3%13%0%
Tambachada25493558.8%39%43%
Matia13358363.6%25%1%

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 Tambachhada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,397
2,664 male · 2,733 female
Households
1,359
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.0%
above Dharamagarh block's villages (55.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,026
above Dharamagarh block's villages (991)
Children aged 0–6
697
12.9% of residents
Workers
2,715
50.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,413 (26.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
632 (11.7%)

What the 2,715 workers did

  • Cultivators393 (14.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,123 (41.4%)
  • Household industry32 (1.2%)
  • Other work250 (9.2%)
  • Marginal workers917 (33.8%)

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 Tambachhada

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, 76% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school2 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 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 road1 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

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 Dharamagarh block

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