Gram panchayat · Baliguda block · Kandhamal

Khamankhol gram panchayat

Khamankhol is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baliguda block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 24 villages, home to 3,587 people in 911 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 24
Population (2011): 3,587
Literacy: 55.3%
Area: 31.9 km²
LGD code: 118870

Villages of Khamankhol

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Khamanakhola	164	579	66.5%	34%	8%
Raipanga	65	291	71.6%	8%	2%
Kanjalagou	70	284	43.3%	23%	71%
Changurabali	75	273	59.0%	16%	16%
Parubhata	70	270	65.4%	19%	4%
Gandakia	59	214	43.0%	38%	62%
Gadimaska	48	187	51.9%	1%	99%
Kilokina	46	185	86.6%	0%	9%
Dengaragan	41	183	23.8%	26%	70%
Sukalada	37	182	41.4%	0%	92%
Singulagam	47	176	66.9%	23%	76%
Jalesuga	40	166	40.2%	0%	87%
Kacharlai	43	156	68.0%	0%	25%
Seska	21	87	33.3%	0%	100%
Sikela	18	80	9.8%	0%	96%
Tidragan	13	60	4.1%	0%	100%
Kapukusa	12	56	65.1%	0%	100%
Darusingula	12	45	23.7%	0%	100%
Badenigan	11	36	71.0%	0%	100%
Kiranagan	7	24	81.8%	0%	0%
Katuru	4	23	0.0%	0%	100%
Budhakhamana	5	17	50.0%	0%	82%
Mundapadar	3	13	45.5%	0%	92%
Sipikera	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 Khamankhol

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,587; 1,747 male · 1,840 female
Households: 911; about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 55.3%; about the same as Baliguda block's villages (55.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,053; about the same as Baliguda block's villages (1,048)
Children aged 0–6: 590; 16.4% of residents
Workers: 1,894; 52.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 552 (15.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,673 (46.6%)

What the 1,894 workers did

Cultivators456 (24.1%)
Agricultural labourers134 (7.1%)
Household industry13 (0.7%)
Other work182 (9.6%)
Marginal workers1,109 (58.6%)

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 Khamankhol

How many of the 23 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 24 villages cover 32 km², 29% of it sown with crops and 52% forest.

Education

Primary school17 of 23
Middle school3 of 23
Secondary school0 of 23
Senior secondary school0 of 23
Degree college0 of 23

Health

Primary health centre0 of 23
Health sub-centre1 of 23
Anganwadi centre13 of 23

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 23
Hand pump16 of 23
Electricity for homes0 of 23

Roads & transport

All-weather road6 of 23
Public bus0 of 23
Mobile phone coverage9 of 23

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 23
Commercial bank0 of 23
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 23
Weekly haat0 of 23

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (23), Mustard (15), Til (10), Turmeric (7), Maize (1), Ginger (1). Handicrafts: Leaf Plates (1), Hill Broom (1), Wooden Material (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 Baliguda block

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