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Gram panchayat · Junagarh block · Kalahandi

Taljaring gram panchayat

Taljaring is a gram panchayat (village council) in Junagarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 3,336 people in 850 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Junagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
3,336
Literacy
57.2%
Area
16.4 km²
LGD code
118720

Villages of Taljaring

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Labanipur24997868.0%27%48%
Talajaring13856650.4%43%21%
Ghantabahali14655355.2%8%2%
Khairamal11044365.8%57%12%
Gunjuguda7729142.8%0%28%
Michasola6525450.0%23%55%
Cheramahul3211334.4%9%91%
Suruguda229541.3%0%100%
Uperjaring114357.6%0%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 Taljaring

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,336
1,672 male · 1,664 female
Households
850
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.2%
above Junagarh block's villages (56.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
995
below Junagarh block's villages (1,005)
Children aged 0–6
549
16.5% of residents
Workers
1,590
47.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
868 (26.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,069 (32.0%)

What the 1,590 workers did

  • Cultivators182 (11.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers242 (15.2%)
  • Household industry21 (1.3%)
  • Other work361 (22.7%)
  • Marginal workers784 (49.3%)

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 Taljaring

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 16 km², 63% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 9
  • Middle school1 of 9
  • Secondary school0 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre0 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes4 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus2 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Cotton (3), Pulses (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 Junagarh block

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