Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Burungijodi gram panchayat

Burungijodi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 2,979 people in 681 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 2,979
Literacy: 56.9%
Area: 29.8 km²
LGD code: 118959

Villages of Burungijodi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Brungijodi	255	1,091	57.8%	7%	59%
Sramburaha	167	765	52.7%	12%	78%
Tetakpadar	62	247	64.5%	1%	81%
Madapader	46	194	28.7%	0%	95%
Sarulai	31	140	59.3%	0%	94%
Dahangia	24	113	67.8%	0%	100%
Ganibali	20	82	75.4%	0%	100%
Mahalanga	19	78	69.6%	0%	100%
Jargipadar	14	75	86.8%	20%	48%
Gumi	13	71	48.2%	0%	90%
Dadilai	10	48	51.2%	0%	100%
Gajurghati	13	47	65.9%	0%	77%
Baserimunda	7	28	50.0%	0%	100%
Kumbhapada	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 Burungijodi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 2,979; 1,438 male · 1,541 female
Households: 681; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 56.9%; below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,072; above Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 476; 16.0% of residents
Workers: 1,606; 53.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 183 (6.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,238 (75.1%)

What the 1,606 workers did

Cultivators349 (21.7%)
Agricultural labourers78 (4.9%)
Household industry3 (0.2%)
Other work151 (9.4%)
Marginal workers1,025 (63.8%)

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 Burungijodi

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 30 km², 26% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 13
Middle school3 of 13
Secondary school0 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump9 of 13
Electricity for homes6 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road1 of 13
Public bus1 of 13
Mobile phone coverage7 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Horse Gram (9), Turmeric (7), Ragi (3), Maize (2), Black Gram (1), Green Gram (1), Gram (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 Phiringia block

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