Gram panchayat · Lanjigarh block · Kalahandi

Kamarada gram panchayat

Kamarada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lanjigarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 4,052 people in 1,071 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 4,052
Literacy: 55.6%
Area: 30.7 km²
LGD code: 118799

Villages of Kamarada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Mundagaon	239	841	57.2%	12%	54%
Kamarda	213	783	61.4%	7%	25%
Maskaguda	139	558	61.5%	20%	59%
Gandharabaru	118	447	51.3%	24%	63%
Turibakti	64	250	55.5%	27%	41%
Pipalpada	60	242	60.8%	10%	82%
Badibahal	49	215	56.8%	49%	51%
Goten	51	212	53.7%	27%	60%
Uligunduli	55	173	39.6%	4%	47%
Dhamankata	36	135	40.5%	0%	79%
Kuturimundi dangara	16	85	10.0%	0%	100%
Madangdani	15	56	55.1%	0%	98%
Kurlubhata	9	30	71.4%	33%	47%
Anajore	7	25	45.0%	52%	44%
Magardani	0	0	–	–	–
Rangparu	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 Kamarada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,052; 1,995 male · 2,057 female
Households: 1,071; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 55.6%; above Lanjigarh block's villages (47.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,031; about the same as Lanjigarh block's villages (1,030)
Children aged 0–6: 560; 13.8% of residents
Workers: 2,090; 51.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 653 (16.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,154 (53.2%)

What the 2,090 workers did

Cultivators312 (14.9%)
Agricultural labourers459 (22.0%)
Household industry11 (0.5%)
Other work118 (5.6%)
Marginal workers1,190 (56.9%)

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 Kamarada

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 31 km², 47% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 14
Middle school4 of 14
Secondary school1 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre1 of 14
Anganwadi centre10 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump8 of 14
Electricity for homes5 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road9 of 14
Public bus0 of 14
Mobile phone coverage12 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 14
Weekly haat0 of 14

Primary schools: 9
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Pulses (8), Cotton (8), Black Gram (5), Ahara (3), Maize (2), Vegetable (1), Paize (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 Lanjigarh block

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