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Gram panchayat · Kokasara block · Kalahandi

Dalguma gram panchayat

Dalguma is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kokasara block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,878 people in 1,327 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,878
Literacy
53.4%
Area
12.5 km²
LGD code
118772

Villages of Dalguma

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dal Guma4491,67954.4%5%39%
Chitamunda4561,65145.9%13%0%
Chhili Pamal4221,54859.9%12%12%

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 Dalguma

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,878
2,461 male · 2,417 female
Households
1,327
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
53.4%
below Kokasara block's villages (56.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
982
below Kokasara block's villages (1,023)
Children aged 0–6
723
14.8% of residents
Workers
2,711
55.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
481 (9.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
838 (17.2%)

What the 2,711 workers did

  • Cultivators482 (17.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers384 (14.2%)
  • Household industry9 (0.3%)
  • Other work102 (3.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,734 (64.0%)

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 Dalguma

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 13 km², 88% of it sown with crops and 0% 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-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump2 of 3
  • Electricity for homes1 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 haat2 of 3
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Kokasara block

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