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Gram panchayat · Golamunda block · Kalahandi

Daspur gram panchayat

Daspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Golamunda block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,325 people in 1,103 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Junagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,325
Literacy
60.2%
Area
15.6 km²
LGD code
118653

Villages of Daspur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Daspur7062,75462.8%13%17%
Dekote19071355.7%23%1%
Chhatrapur13255052.6%0%6%
Banjibahal7530860.5%0%74%

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 Daspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,325
2,200 male · 2,125 female
Households
1,103
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.2%
above Golamunda block's villages (55.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
966
below Golamunda block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6
605
14.0% of residents
Workers
2,216
51.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
509 (11.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
740 (17.1%)

What the 2,216 workers did

  • Cultivators323 (14.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers350 (15.8%)
  • Household industry9 (0.4%)
  • Other work187 (8.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,347 (60.8%)

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 Daspur

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 16 km², 43% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school3 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump0 of 4
  • Electricity for homes1 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus1 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Pulses (3), Ground Nut (3).

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 Golamunda block

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