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Gram panchayat · Golamunda block · Kalahandi

Manjhari gram panchayat

Manjhari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Golamunda block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,661 people in 1,523 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Junagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
5,661
Literacy
48.4%
Area
18.3 km²
LGD code
118665

Villages of Manjhari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Manjhari8142,99945.3%4%18%
Tumura4421,65350.6%7%5%
Grindul2671,00954.1%11%36%

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 Manjhari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,661
2,849 male · 2,812 female
Households
1,523
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
48.4%
below Golamunda block's villages (55.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
987
about the same as Golamunda block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6
831
14.7% of residents
Workers
2,403
42.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
362 (6.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
978 (17.3%)

What the 2,403 workers did

  • Cultivators120 (5.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers226 (9.4%)
  • Household industry26 (1.1%)
  • Other work321 (13.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,710 (71.2%)

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 Manjhari

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 18 km², 40% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump1 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetable (2), Mushroom (1), Sugarcane (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 Golamunda block

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