Gram panchayat · Narala block · Kalahandi

Kurmel gram panchayat

Kurmel is a gram panchayat (village council) in Narala block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 3,924 people in 918 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Narla assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 13
Population (2011): 3,924
Literacy: 67.0%
Area: 20.6 km²
LGD code: 118834

Villages of Kurmel

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Chapata khanda	53	721	94.4%	26%	26%
Kurmel	195	718	60.2%	48%	47%
Gorkel	122	432	60.3%	8%	0%
Khirmal	86	326	65.1%	17%	66%
Ponga	90	307	39.1%	13%	87%
Patangpadar	59	242	55.1%	25%	0%
Kusmel	59	236	60.8%	0%	36%
Kirli Beda	65	231	74.6%	0%	3%
Ker Bandi	52	188	62.9%	0%	30%
Bamak	43	152	67.9%	0%	72%
Dudung kupa	32	133	67.0%	0%	59%
Dudalo	32	121	62.0%	0%	29%
Krupa Padar	30	117	51.6%	0%	64%

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 Kurmel

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,924; 2,015 male · 1,909 female
Households: 918; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 67.0%; about the same as Narala block's villages (67.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 947; below Narala block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6: 479; 12.2% of residents
Workers: 1,658; 42.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 723 (18.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,456 (37.1%)

What the 1,658 workers did

Cultivators161 (9.7%)
Agricultural labourers254 (15.3%)
Household industry9 (0.5%)
Other work196 (11.8%)
Marginal workers1,038 (62.6%)

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 Kurmel

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 21 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 15% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 13
Middle school3 of 13
Secondary school2 of 13
Senior secondary school1 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre0 of 13
Anganwadi centre5 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump13 of 13
Electricity for homes10 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 13
Public bus0 of 13
Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Cotton (6), Pulses (5), Maize (3), Vegetable (2), Moong, Biri (2), Ahara (1), Biri, Sugarcane (1). Handicrafts: Broomstick (1), Khaliae Dana (Leaf Plate) (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 Narala block

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