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Gram panchayat · Kotagarh block · Kandhamal

Marlanga gram panchayat

Marlanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kotagarh block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 4,981 people in 1,054 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
4,981
Literacy
39.3%
Area
30.1 km²
LGD code
118951

Villages of Marlanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sitaguda2011,01345.8%2%52%
Gudri19895849.1%0%78%
Marlanga20283036.3%4%60%
Sangadmaha9247939.9%1%72%
Tukubadi9345438.4%0%99%
Maliguda9341438.4%0%96%
Srambi6533416.5%0%98%
Durikupuda6930632.6%0%0%
Pangama2310130.0%0%100%
Buduki189210.6%0%100%

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 Marlanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,981
2,376 male · 2,605 female
Households
1,054
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
39.3%
below Kotagarh block's villages (47.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,096
above Kotagarh block's villages (1,032)
Children aged 0–6
1,134
22.8% of residents
Workers
2,645
53.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
56 (1.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,487 (70.0%)

What the 2,645 workers did

  • Cultivators350 (13.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers222 (8.4%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work122 (4.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,949 (73.7%)

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 Marlanga

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 30 km², 12% of it sown with crops and 31% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 10
  • Middle school4 of 10
  • Secondary school0 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre0 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes0 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 10
  • Public bus2 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 10
  • Weekly haat1 of 10
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Black Gram (5), Mustard (5), Haladi (5), Turmeric (3), Maize (2).

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 Kotagarh block

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