Gram panchayat · Lanjigarh block · Kalahandi

Kankutru gram panchayat

Kankutru is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lanjigarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 2,571 people in 572 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 2,571
Literacy: 40.5%
Area: 19.7 km²
LGD code: 118800

Villages of Kankutru

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Matakera	102	429	54.2%	80%	5%
Kankutru	87	391	35.0%	16%	49%
Paikbori	88	377	56.1%	41%	0%
Talkalsur	71	342	38.1%	34%	65%
Kandha Bori	34	205	30.2%	0%	99%
Dialbahali	41	184	6.1%	9%	54%
Kumbharpada	31	144	55.0%	26%	73%
Bachaka	36	141	55.6%	38%	0%
Tentulipanga	23	105	25.0%	16%	66%
Muskuti	18	78	43.3%	0%	35%
Dhanurabhata	19	76	23.5%	59%	41%
Ranarana	11	49	11.1%	0%	86%
Kankotara	4	17	20.0%	0%	82%
Pajikhaman	2	12	22.2%	100%	0%
Talnangalbahali	3	11	0.0%	0%	91%
Gambhari Guda	2	10	37.5%	0%	0%
Narang Bahali	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 Kankutru

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 2,571; 1,282 male · 1,289 female
Households: 572; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 40.5%; below Lanjigarh block's villages (47.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,005; below Lanjigarh block's villages (1,030)
Children aged 0–6: 421; 16.4% of residents
Workers: 1,355; 52.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 864 (33.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,033 (40.2%)

What the 1,355 workers did

Cultivators143 (10.6%)
Agricultural labourers306 (22.6%)
Household industry1 (0.1%)
Other work32 (2.4%)
Marginal workers873 (64.4%)

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 Kankutru

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 20 km², 5% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school3 of 16
Middle school0 of 16
Secondary school0 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre4 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump7 of 16
Electricity for homes0 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road3 of 16
Public bus0 of 16
Mobile phone coverage6 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 16
Weekly haat0 of 16

Primary schools: 3
Middle schools: 0
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Maize (3), Black Gram (1), Mandia (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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