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Gram panchayat · Junagarh block · Kalahandi

Manijora gram panchayat

Manijora is a gram panchayat (village council) in Junagarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,552 people in 1,364 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Junagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,552
Literacy
52.7%
Area
11.8 km²
LGD code
118710

Villages of Manijora

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Purunasar(2)5142,25646.7%20%3%
Banijara ( I )4631,74152.0%11%7%
Barabesal20179763.6%31%10%
Kutengan16567660.2%17%0%
Kodoguda218264.3%74%0%

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 Manijora

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,552
2,771 male · 2,781 female
Households
1,364
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
52.7%
below Junagarh block's villages (56.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,004
about the same as Junagarh block's villages (1,005)
Children aged 0–6
811
14.6% of residents
Workers
2,931
52.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,071 (19.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
262 (4.7%)

What the 2,931 workers did

  • Cultivators452 (15.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers780 (26.6%)
  • Household industry12 (0.4%)
  • Other work147 (5.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,540 (52.5%)

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 Manijora

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 12 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school2 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes4 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus1 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (5), Oil Seeds (4), Oli Seeds (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 Junagarh block

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