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Bad Ghumer gram panchayat

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Bad Ghumer is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dharamagarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,601 people in 1,189 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
4,601
Literacy
58.2%
Area
12.9 km²
LGD code
275644

Villages of Bad Ghumer

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ghumer8483,42154.8%22%17%
Khutuluguda3411,18068.0%7%22%

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 Bad Ghumer

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,601
2,345 male · 2,256 female
Households
1,189
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.2%
above Dharamagarh block's villages (55.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
962
below Dharamagarh block's villages (991)
Children aged 0–6
673
14.6% of residents
Workers
2,499
54.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
836 (18.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
844 (18.3%)

What the 2,499 workers did

  • Cultivators246 (9.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers201 (8.0%)
  • Household industry5 (0.2%)
  • Other work93 (3.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,954 (78.2%)

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 Bad Ghumer

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 13 km², 86% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
2
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Dharamagarh block

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