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Gram panchayat · Kesinga block · Kalahandi

Tundala gram panchayat

Tundala is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kesinga block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,734 people in 955 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Narla assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,734
Literacy
72.1%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
118765

Villages of Tundala

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tundala4111,60775.6%15%16%
Bandhapada20876877.0%14%6%
Rajapada15357866.7%11%27%
Babejore9039362.7%27%40%
Khajurpada9338865.1%31%27%

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 Tundala

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,734
1,949 male · 1,785 female
Households
955
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.1%
above Kesinga block's villages (64.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
916
below Kesinga block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6
458
12.3% of residents
Workers
1,550
41.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
637 (17.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
722 (19.3%)

What the 1,550 workers did

  • Cultivators256 (16.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers85 (5.5%)
  • Household industry8 (0.5%)
  • Other work398 (25.7%)
  • Marginal workers803 (51.8%)

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 Tundala

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, 82% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 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 centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump4 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (4), Ground Nut (4), Ground Nuts (1), Til (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 Kesinga block

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