Gram panchayat · Thuamul Ram Pur block · Kalahandi

Kerpai gram panchayat

Kerpai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Thuamul Ram Pur block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 3,517 people in 792 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 3,517
Literacy: 30.8%
Area: 5.7 km²
LGD code: 118858

Villages of Kerpai

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Champachuan	137	523	30.0%	29%	69%
Majhigaon	78	382	51.3%	41%	59%
Kachalekha	80	358	46.0%	49%	51%
Serkapai	61	277	10.4%	13%	87%
Melrafa	60	264	31.8%	28%	72%
Kutrumali	60	250	42.1%	0%	100%
Kerpai	53	227	23.3%	0%	99%
Sargipadar	48	215	30.1%	30%	70%
Podapai	45	207	39.2%	0%	99%
Murlimuhin	31	158	5.7%	0%	100%
Tadadei	30	147	13.0%	0%	100%
Taramundi	25	128	37.4%	10%	90%
Pindapadar	28	117	19.1%	0%	100%
Chimrangpadar	15	72	19.0%	0%	100%
Mahajal	12	64	36.0%	0%	100%
Sungergadh	15	61	17.6%	0%	100%
Ranibali	7	28	9.5%	0%	100%
Jurkabundel	4	22	31.3%	0%	100%
Taijhola	3	17	0.0%	0%	100%
Mendhakota	0	0	–	–	–
Sikucha	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 Kerpai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,517; 1,669 male · 1,848 female
Households: 792; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 30.8%; below Thuamul Ram Pur block's villages (45.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,107; above Thuamul Ram Pur block's villages (1,042)
Children aged 0–6: 661; 18.8% of residents
Workers: 1,828; 52.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 670 (19.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,829 (80.4%)

What the 1,828 workers did

Cultivators196 (10.7%)
Agricultural labourers254 (13.9%)
Household industry6 (0.3%)
Other work37 (2.0%)
Marginal workers1,335 (73.0%)

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 Kerpai

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 6 km², 15% of it sown with crops and 71% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 19
Middle school2 of 19
Secondary school0 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre1 of 19
Anganwadi centre5 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump1 of 19
Electricity for homes3 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road1 of 19
Public bus0 of 19
Mobile phone coverage5 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 19
Weekly haat0 of 19

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Bajra (19), Ragi (12), Paddy (7).

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 Thuamul Ram Pur block

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