Gram panchayat · K.nuagan block · Kandhamal

Gunjibadi gram panchayat

Gunjibadi is a gram panchayat (village council) in K.nuagan block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 26 villages, home to 4,889 people in 1,295 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 26
Population (2011): 4,889
Literacy: 66.8%
Area: 45.8 km²
LGD code: 118927

Villages of Gunjibadi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dharampur	239	856	77.0%	5%	12%
Gunjibadi	228	774	72.4%	2%	20%
Salapajodi	144	645	74.1%	12%	61%
Gandrigam	163	613	57.3%	21%	43%
Lakebadi	80	339	77.0%	0%	42%
Tipadingia	62	232	37.9%	23%	72%
Banjamahi	56	230	70.8%	0%	49%
Padelikia	66	187	60.8%	0%	92%
Brindapada	33	159	69.5%	0%	89%
Dadiganda	40	154	53.8%	0%	88%
Mundaguda	29	109	54.9%	6%	94%
Taperikia	29	101	69.8%	0%	100%
Galebadi	24	99	70.5%	4%	96%
Matarapadar	23	83	80.6%	0%	82%
Goserikia	17	75	26.8%	0%	92%
Kurkunipada	14	55	43.2%	0%	100%
Dandipata	13	54	39.1%	0%	100%
Ambilipada	13	37	46.7%	43%	57%
Sirisakhol	9	36	41.4%	22%	78%
Mundikia	7	28	64.0%	0%	100%
Tagakala	6	23	35.3%	0%	100%
Budamaha	0	0	–	–	–
Gandaramaha	0	0	–	–	–
Gunjibadi jangala	0	0	–	–	–
Mundaguda jangala	0	0	–	–	–
Mundika jangala	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 Gunjibadi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,889; 2,374 male · 2,515 female
Households: 1,295; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 66.8%; about the same as K.nuagan block's villages (65.9%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,059; about the same as K.nuagan block's villages (1,057)
Children aged 0–6: 732; 15.0% of residents
Workers: 2,767; 56.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 355 (7.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,428 (49.7%)

What the 2,767 workers did

Cultivators413 (14.9%)
Agricultural labourers271 (9.8%)
Household industry85 (3.1%)
Other work259 (9.4%)
Marginal workers1,739 (62.8%)

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 Gunjibadi

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 26 villages cover 46 km², 30% of it sown with crops and 46% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 21
Middle school5 of 21
Secondary school2 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre1 of 21
Anganwadi centre10 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump14 of 21
Electricity for homes8 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 21
Public bus9 of 21
Mobile phone coverage16 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 21
Weekly haat1 of 21

Primary schools: 18
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21), Turmeric (21).

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 K.nuagan block

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